My mother came across an add for a golden retriever puppy. I then contacted the number and was immediately rushed for a payment. I asked what the business registration number was for his company called, Smith’s P H K, and attempted to validate the BRN on CIPC (https://eservices.cipc.co.za/EntEnquiry.aspx) and it came back with different results which raised the first red flag. I then attempted to validate the banking details the seller provided which also didn’t add up.

At this point the scammer supplied me with a photograph of Jacques Smith’s ID card which also didn’t pass the bank verification steps. The scammer then provided me with yet another bank account this time from another bank. I then blocked the scammer and came across this article. Here with are all the detail this scammer supplied me with unfortunately the scammer deleted some messages:

Phone number: +27 62 814 0634
Business registration number: 2014/067892/07
BRN lookup comes back to a:
First name: FIKILE PHUMZILE
Surname: NDLOVU
Partial Id number of 770817 XXXX 08 X
Bank 1: Tyme Bank
Bank 1 account number: 51065136333
Bank 2: First National Bank
Band 2 account number: scammer deleted the message before I could screenshot it.
Identification number: 8310115213089