Funny flyers

Published: March 21, 2011, 5:48 p.m., Last updated: March 21, 2011, 8:24 p.m.

These are a sample of the flyers handed out to pedestrians in central Cape Town all the time. Similar ones are distributed in Johannesburg and Durban too.

They are funny, but there are sometimes serious consequences for patients deceived by these charlatans. See this story by Health-e:

http://www.health-e.org.za/news/article.php?uid=20032138

Charlatan pamphlets handed out in Cape Town

These are a sample of the extraordinary extraordinary pamphlets handed out in central Cape Town

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Comments in chronological order (2 comments)

Kevin wrote on 27 March 2011 at 12:27 p.m.:

Any suggestions as to what one can do about these (apart from raising the profile of it through sites like yours, and shows like Carte Blanche)?

Nathan Geffen wrote on 27 March 2011 at 12:51 p.m.:

I'm not sure. Beyond trying to make people aware of these scams, I don't think there's much one can do.

I wonder how many people are actually ripped off from these? Difficult to know.

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