By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Four KwaZulu-Natal women allege that a man posing as a pilot defrauded them of close to R100,000 in cash. It's alleged that the man got to know the women on social media through a profile depicting a single airline pilot residing in Los Angeles in the US. After lengthy conversations, the man is accused of gaining the trust of the unsuspecting women and thereafter offering them expensive gifts - if they paid him customs fees. Private Security Company Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was alerted to this scam this week. Director Prem Balram says this scammer allegedly used an international sim card to conduct his fraudulent activities... 

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Four KwaZulu-Natal women allege that a man posing as a pilot defrauded them of close to R100,000 in cash. It's alleged that the man got to know the women on social media through a profile depicting a single airline pilot residing in Los Angeles in the US. After lengthy conversations, the man is accused of gaining the trust of the unsuspecting women and thereafter offering them expensive gifts - if they paid him customs fees. Private Security Company Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was alerted to this scam this week. Director Prem Balram says this scammer allegedly used an international sim card to conduct his fraudulent activities... </p>

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