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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
A serial fraudster, who allegedly swindled several people in Mabelreign of cash and valuables after lying to their maids that she had been sent to collect the items, has been arrested and remanded in custody.
Moreblessing Mavhura (30) is alleged to have misrepresented to her victims that their employers had asked her to collect money and electrical gadgets that included television sets, laptops and iPads.
She reportedly went away with cash and property worth more than $2 000.
Among the victims was Ms Valerie Ngoma, a regional prosecutor at the Harare Magistrates’ Court, who lost cash and a laptop after her maid was duped by Mavhura’s tricks.
Mavhura appeared before magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro, who remanded her in custody to August 23 for trial.
Prosecutor Ms Venencia Mutake advised the court that Mavhura was not a proper candidate for bail since she was once jailed for similar offences a few years ago.
According to the State, Mavhura would approach the maids asking to see the owner of the house and when told the owner was not available, she would pretend she had forgotten the name and when given this by the maid she would save the name with one of her phone numbers.
She would then send herself a message using another phone instructing the maid to give her money or whatever she would have asked for.
Mavhura would pretend to be the owner of the house in the text message, instructing the maid to give her items like computers, iPads and televisions.
On August 1, Mavhura went to a house in Meyrick Park and approached Rachel Chichetu whom she told that she had been sent by the owner of the house to collect cash and a television set.
She went away with the property.
The following day she proceeded to another house and approached Beauty Kabondo at around 3pm.
She lied to Kabondo that she had been sent by her employer to collect a laptop so that she would install games and she was given an HP laptop.
Mavhura managed to swindle several unsuspecting maids in this fashion.
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