Clients fleeced in worthless SIM card scam

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Johannesburg - Former employees of a telecoms company have spilt the beans on how their bosses allegedly made them scam and intimidate customers into buying worthless SIM cards for R500 each.

Regnum Solutions, previously based in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, before it relocated to Durban last week, is said to have left a string of angry customers who were duped into buying SIM cards that were supposed to give them free airtime for five years.

The company, which on its website claims to have business interests with top cellular network providers such as Telkom and MTN, has allegedly left without paying its agents.

The company is affiliated to another firm called Credico SA, which supplies them with SIM cards from The Starter Pack Company (TSPC). Telkom has confirmed having a business relationship with Credico.
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More at : https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/clients-fleeced-in-worthless-sim-card-scam-12215302
 
Many of these companies selling useless products originate from Durban. At least the ones that tried to scam me.
 
Recently I gave one of them a chance to pitch a product. His entire pitch was collapsed by the 1st question I asked. He promised to return with answers but never did. He was selling some sort of car insurance.
 
They would dupe and pressure customers into buying SIM cards under the pretence that they would get free airtime, data and SMSes for five years, only to find out later after they had paid that the cards had only a few rand of airtime.

Those who could not pay on the spot had their cellphones confiscated, said Hilton Masuku, a former employee.
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Wut? How much of a dumbass do you have to be?


"I don't want to buy a sim"
"Then we'll take your phone"
"Okay"
 
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