Johannesburg - A 54-year-old Sandton man was robbed of R190 000, allegedly by a woman who lured him on a sex date, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.

He met her on an online dating site and they exchanged messages for about two weeks before agreeing to meet at the Sunnypark Mall in Sunnyside, Pretoria, last Monday, Captain [Removed by ESA Admin ] said.

"It was all systems go when the two mates proceeded to a flat at [Removed by ESA Admin]for a sex encounter."

Shortly after their arrival at the flat, the man started undressing for what was supposed to be a "moment of pleasure", [ Removed by ESA Admim] said.

The situation turned ugly when three armed men entered the bedroom and threatened the man with a handgun. One of the suspects accused the man of sleeping with his wife.

"The suspects demanded the victim's bank cards and pin codes. He was forced to open his banking application on the cellphone, where more transactions were allegedly made."

The man was held in the flat for about four hours, during which time the thieves went on a shopping spree, spending almost R190 000.

Criminals in the Sunnyside area were using women to lure victims into sex traps that quickly turned into robberies or hijackings, [Removed by ESA Admin] warned.

"We urge the public to either avoid online dating or follow all the online dating precautions to the letter."

www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sex-trap-date-costs-sandton-man-r190-000-20170328

Because Sunnyside is normally safe?

@neo007: thanks for posting this news story. Saw it on News24.

Can anyone identify the suspects? Who is best to avoid?

Was ESA used, or another site?

Thanks

Well its always wise to avoid certain areas and think with your big head. This type of scam usually happens to noobs. It is part if the real dangers we all face meeting strangers in this world.

Thanks to this amazing website, risk is reduced greatly.

I just mention it in my post

On 2017-03-29 06:10:23 joey.p said:
@neo007: thanks for posting this news story. Saw it on News24.

Can anyone identify the suspects? Who is best to avoid?

Was ESA used, or another site?

Thanks

ESA is not a dating site.

Meet someone for the first time on a Sex site (or Dating site).
Then the Sunnypark Mall followed by her flat in Sunnyside ?
The blood to that little head was flowing so intensely, there was nothing left upstairs !

I agree Honybear.
Think it was terrible what happened to him.
But ja he won't think with his head again...that I'm sure of

Problem is the many websites advertising "horny women seeking ....." even if you go to an online porn tube site somewhere there are clickbait ads and many a fool fall for these things.

Just for "research" purposes I signed up for one of these local swingers sites and one of those horny ladies avail sites. Didnt pay a cent. But the catch is, with no profile pic of myself my burner email box got flooded with "interested ladies" requests, but I could only see their pics if I sign up for a fee, obviously. Then there is the free cumtree site where also strangely I got emails from horny ladies wanting NSA sex. Im ammused by the email interaction but luckily Im mos a kak slim laatie and can see these are all fake, and potential setups for nigerian scum looking to scam.

Rather book WGs. Not foolproof but helleva lot safer tho.

On 2017-03-29 08:23:59 honeybear said:
Meet someone for the first time on a Sex site (or Dating site).
Then the Sunnypark Mall followed by her flat in Sunnyside ?
The blood to that little head was flowing so intensely, there was nothing left upstairs !

Lol brilliant...

On 2017-03-29 09:49:48 Chillibhai said:
But the catch is, with no profile pic of myself my burner email box got flooded with "interested ladies" requests, but I could only see their pics if I sign up for a fee, obviously. .

Yip all those interested ladies are just robots from the site, as soon as your are on a recurring payment plan guess what happens, nothing... if you have tits and are not a phsycopath the chances of needing to register on a paid for dating site are pretty low, especially with tinder and bars all over the country..