Unscripted television star Shauwn Mkhize. Photograph from InstagramInset: Screenshots of messages between the trickster and Sivuyile.

SIVUYILE Sophi was sorrowful subsequent to losing his money to a trickster claiming to be financial specialist Shawn Mkhize.

The 36-year-old from Matatiele, Eastern Cape, said he was frantic for cash, so he moved toward Shawn on Facebook.

 

“I got some information about exchanging. My aim was to rake in boatloads of cash. This individual vowed to make me R15 000 of every three hours on the off chance that I paid them R5 000. I didn’t have R5 000 however sadly, I contributed my last R1 000.

“I was bankrupt and had a family to deal with. My urgency was combined with the way that I had not worked since lockdown. In December, I was fortunate and got a piece line of work.

“I saved R1 000 and I was wanting to purchase writing material and school outfits in January. I continued to look for alternate ways of bringing in cash.”

Sivuyile said he kept the cash into the con artist’s ledger.

“Our discussion was fine until she requested my bank pin. That was the point at which I understood something was off-base. At that point, I had kept R1 000 and she guaranteed me R5 200 within three hours.

“I requested that she discount my cash, yet she began letting me know stories. I demanded, however, she impeded me.”

Sivuyile said he was as yet persuaded he was addressing Shawn. “I actually accept I was misled by her since she accurately refreshed her status and photographs on Facebook.”

Talking through her own collaborator Qhawe Holomo, Shawn said she didn’t have a Facebook account.

“Shauwn doesn’t have a Facebook account yet a checked Instagram account.