Police in Lephalale urge the public to be careful of scammers who take advantage of long queues at SAPS premises by those who are there for police clearance.
In most cases January presents many opportunities and as members of the public stand in queues for various reasons, such as clearance or taking in their finger prints, there are men who approach them and promise to help with quick service that does not need to be performed in these premises.
Lephalale police spokerson Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena said these scammers claim to have connections that will have those who seek assistance helped within a short period of time.
“These people promise to assist with police clearance outside our premises. They also promise to clear their finger prints and all of these are impossible.
Members of the public need to realise that these people will not request the R75 a person pays when needing this service at SAPS, they will request more because they promise to do it illegally.”
He added that these type of services are only done by specific personnel at SAPS and these personnel are based in centres away from local SAPS premises.