Saloma Veldman says that she could especially identify with what happened to Pearl Viljoen.<\/p>\n
Like Mrs Viljoen, a woman she does not know started talking to her whilst she was in Woolworths in Lakeside Mall.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was telling me how expensive things have become. She then took a pair of expensive boots and said that she was going to buy them because she knows someone that works at Woolworths who can get her 50% discount,\u201d says Mrs Veldman.<\/p>\n
The woman invited her to also pick a pair of boots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not want boots, but she kept on insisting, all the while touching me on my arm and talking to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The story ended with Mrs Veldman going to wait outside the shop with unknown women, and eventually giving them her handbag with her jewellery, which she had taken off inside.<\/p>\n
When Mrs Veldman realised she had been robbed, she ran to her car because her car keys were inside her stolen handbag. She started receiving notifications on her phone, which she kept in her bra, of incorrect pins entered for her bank cards.<\/p>\n
Also read: Drugs worth R12mil. confiscated<\/a><\/p>\n She cancelled all her cards but strangely enough, the thieves still managed to withdraw R2 000 cash from her Woolworths credit card as well as purchasing liquor to the value of R410 with it.<\/p>\n Mrs Veldman later also got notifications that her card was used to pay for almost R3 000 in toll fees. A further R9 000 was spent on her garage card.<\/p>\n After the incident, Mrs Veldman recalled feeling nauseous and having a strange red mark on her left arm near the elbow. One of the women involved in robbing her, by the name of Zandile, also had very rough hands.<\/p>\n