Cape Town residents have raised concerns over the latest scam doing the rounds in the Western Cape. It is an online housing scam affecting the most vulnerable of residents. Specific areas targeted include Khayelitsha, Stellenbosch, Montana Paarl and Mitchells Plain. The Whatsapp message scam requests them to pay R2300 for government housing assistance. That got us thinking - what are the tell-tale signs of a property scam in the regular rental market? 

<p>Cape Town residents have raised concerns over the latest scam doing the rounds in the Western Cape. It is an online housing scam affecting the most vulnerable of residents. Specific areas targeted include Khayelitsha, Stellenbosch, Montana Paarl and Mitchells Plain. The Whatsapp message scam requests them to pay R2300 for government housing assistance. That got us thinking - what are the tell-tale signs of a property scam in the regular rental market? </p>

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