Victims of 'R200 WhatsApp stokvels' share their dismay at losses, being blocked by admins

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A hopeful Zondi said she borrowed R400 from her pensioner grandmother, promising to return it a week later, in line with what she was told by her recruiters. WhatsAppStokvel

"We understand that people have not yet fully transitioned to digital platforms. Even with digital banking, people once never trusted it ... We encourage people to join and invest ..." it stated.

The National Stokvel Association of SA has warned people against the scheme, comparing it to pyramid schemes which have no underlying investments to generate returns for investors, and collapse when the recruitment of new members cannot be maintained. “After I had sent the money, it got quiet in the group. Suddenly people were no longer joining, but leaving the group, and when I asked what was happening, as I had not been paid, I was told to recruit people.

“I was angry, because I borrowed the money, and shocked, because how was I going to recruit people when I did not receive the money myself,” she said. On a second group she joined, Zondi said she was shocked to discover she had been removed as a member just a few hours after making a R200 deposit.She has contacted the three people she knew who were linked to her deposits to ask for her money back.

“One of them said I was crazy, one said I must recruit people and another blocked my number, including the administrator,” a fuming Mbhele said.

 

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People were reprimanded from taking part in this stokvel, so now we should feel sorry for them? Hell No! How can you send money to a person that u do not know hoping that it will return with intrest with valid documentation. Lesson learned Zondi,ngalokungeva awuzwa Zondo awuzwa!

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People are quick to forget how many lost their hard earned money to tripple M (MMM)

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She should join our R50 one

Abo Zondi nabo abafundi marn

They say you put in R200, and get R1200 back. But you do not have to pay back those your got your money from. They will be paid by 'others'... This is a scam. Good people, this is a small scale MMM which defrauded people of their hard earned monies...

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