08/06/2026
🚨 MARKETPLACE FRAUD ALERT 🚨
📍 Durbanville
Titanium Securitas CPU (Crime Prevention Unit) recently assisted in preventing a suspected Facebook Marketplace scam.
After advertising a flat-screen TV for sale, a Durbanville resident agreed to a cash-on-collection deal with a buyer. However, when the buyer arrived over an hour late and changed the arrangement, claiming he would make an instant EFT while sending a driver to collect the TV, the seller became suspicious.
To test the payment, the seller intentionally provided incorrect banking details. Shortly thereafter, a payment SMS and proof of payment were received, both of which were later confirmed to be fraudulent.
Titanium Securitas Crime Prevention Unit members responded and detained the suspect. Further investigation revealed that he had allegedly posed as an inDrive driver and used software to send fake bank SMS notifications and fraudulent proof of payment screenshots.
It was later established that at least 22 other victims had reportedly fallen prey to the same scam.
Durbanville SAPS attended the scene and took the suspect into custody for further investigation.