Renowned actress Andrea Dondolo says she nearly fell victim to a scammer who pretended to be Generations: The Legacy producer or creator, Mfundi Vundla.
Actress Dondolo says she received a telephone call this week from someone who claimed to be Vundla and offered her a role in an unnamed television production.
Dondolo revealed she was excited and accepted the six-month contract offer and was looking to sign the contract in 24 hours as she was promised Connie Ferguson was also part of the production, but she noted something odd.
The former Stokvel actress, Dondolo, headed to social media to outline the details of the conversation and says a few typos in the text messages raised alarm bells.
Taking to her Instagram timeline in true storyteller fashion, the Golden Horn award-winning actress, Dondolo, gave a detailed explanation of how she almost got scammed.
“Yesterday morning I got a call from someone saying he is Mfundi Vundla. Well, I picked up a few subtle typos in the SMS but told myself to stop being so OCD,” Dondolo wrote on Instagram.
“I called back and he said he will call back in 10 minutes with an international number…I did wonder why but then told myself, this is Mr. Vundla — rich people can call you with whatever number, maybe by the time he calls he will be on his private jet.”
Despite taking notes of a few red flags, the actress who trained to become a traditional healer, added that she convinced herself this could be the real deal.
“I was excited, shem, I won’t lie. He said they are doing a production with Connie Ferguson and someone else — I can’t remember the name, I was too excited. Six months contract, I was like, ‘yes, yes, yes,’ before he even finished,” Dondolo added.
“Haybo, you can’t blame me. I haven’t really worked in the past two years with the journey of embracing my sangoma calling — even my shoe size has gone up from size 9 to 10 from two years of walking barefoot. I was beyond elated.
“He asked how soon can I come to Jozi for a meeting. Without thinking, I said: ‘Tomorrow’.
“He then gave me a number and said I must call it — it is their travel agent, I must give the guy all the details and come back to him and tell him how much is the ticket. Honestly, it was a bit odd, but I was like, rich people do things differently, maybe he wants to see if I take instructions well.”
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