A woman believed that Black Magic was used to rob her after she accepted a lift from two strangers in Verulam, KZN.
The victim flagged down a member of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) on Wick Street in the Verulam CBD requesting assistance after she discovered her Hisense cellphone and R1600 in cash missing from her handbag.
She informed the RUSA Member that she was walking along Todd Street shortly after withdrawing a child support grant for her three children when a white unknown vehicle stopped. Two male occupants struck up a conversation with her when she informed them that she was proceeding to the Central Business District. They offered her a lift which she accepted.
The 31-year-old female got into the back of the car. While the vehicle was proceeding towards her destination the passenger jump into the back seat next to her. He had a general conversation with her in isiZulu until they stopped on Wick Street where she alighted from the vehicle.
She opened her handbag shortly after she entered a salon and found that her cash, cellphone, and SASSA card were missing. She was adamant that the good samaritans had used Black Magic to hypnotise her and rob her of her valuables. She has no recollection of them taking her bag from her.
The victim called her number which was answered by a man who spoke with a foreign accent. He claimed that the number belonged to him and ended the call. The number thereafter went to voicemail.
The Osindisweni, KZN resident could not provide a vehicle description or registration.
