One of the victims who had allegedly been robbed of R4 500 in exchange for a decent job is warning members of the public not to fall for the fraudulent scheme.

This comes after a victim from Tshakhuma, who asked not to be named for fear of her safety, came to the fore to explain her misfortune. “People should not become a victim of what I’ve been through while I was desperately looking for a better job. Looking for a job is so stressful, but people shouldn’t fall for the schemes of fraudsters who claim to be recruiters. The fraudster stuttered when she was speaking, and she spoke in Sepedi and Tshivenda, and she had been doing that for a while in and around Makhado,” said the victim.

“People must not pay fraudulent recruiters who claim to be what they are not. Before paying any person, you must be sure that you can trust their credentials,” she said.

Mashudu Sylvia Rambau (30) from Vyeboom appeared in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate's Court last week on charges of theft under false pretences.

The case was postponed to October 17. Rambau allegedly claimed to be a highly qualified employee of Spoornet who was connected to the employers of the company, and who had the authority to employ people. She allegedly told job seekers that she was a train driver; and that she drove trains from Polokwane to Musina She then allegedly took CVs and a payment estimated to be around R5 500 to reserve employment space. It was also established that she had used two different names.