Slay King is a serial conman

Tanaka Mahanya

JAILED popular social media personality, Kudakwashe Hove, is not new to scamming people and his victims have described him as an experienced conman.

Hove, who goes by the Twitter handle, @iamhove, was convicted of defrauding Sabai Thai Restaurant of Ballantyne Park, Harare, and sentenced to six months behind bars.

Hove successfully ordered takeaway food worth over $364 500 from the Thai restaurant after producing fake proof of payments.

Following coverage of his arrest and sentencing by H-Metro, a number of his victims confessed on social media that they too had been scammed by Hove.

l Below are some of their comments:

This guy must be jailed for life. He lives on defrauding people. I was once a victim of this guy. Something must be done because anopedza nyika yese, and he’s a sweet talker you won’t even suspect a thing unotoziva after some days. – Wendy Mutevani.

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“I was also a victim. This guy used to be my best friend here in the United Kingdom. He’s not hungry or poor like some people think. He comes from money, just a very sick individual. Maybe now he will learn his lesson. I know there are many more of his victims out there unfortunately. – Mbali Shezi.

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This case will open floodgates of similar offences. The court was not deterrent enough. – Edmore Munjodzi.

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He once tried to pull something like that on me. He hired my car and he short paid me, but I had collateral passports, so vakanyura. – Spencer Marange.

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Baba Hove disappeared with my US$300 in 2017, vakandirova chadonha paEcoCash same staira iyoyi. – Makuruwani.

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He owes me US$250, akandibira a few months ago ngatidzifambirei nyaya dzacho tizvitangidze. – Liz Mbengeranwa.

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I almost fell for the same trap. Dai zvaigoneka ndasenda fake proof of payment yaakandisendera. Thank God ndakakurumidza kuonera zhet. – Admire Bakasa.

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Aikaka these social media slays will be broke as church mice. – Mufaro Collins Kutakwananzi.

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Poverty is wicked. Such things will keep happening when people fail to tell themselves the truth. Don’t fake it. Work, ask or stay back. – Polished.

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This is very embarrassing. Ko kutanha dzamunosvikira nhai! – MissLolo Chor.