LOL!!! The scammer was no doubt sitting on the roof of the building across the street!
I think these other two articles from the same paper are even funnier:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=79...1B216&set_id=1
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=79...3B245&set_id=1
this second one should be a warning to any guy who ever thought of slipping a roofie in some girl's drink
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