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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Man robbed after Facebook Marketplace scam

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391 days ago
20240719

Yet an­oth­er in­di­vid­ual has fall­en vic­tim to a Face­book Mar­ket­place scam, cul­mi­nat­ing in an armed rob­bery.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, around 3 pm on Tues­day, the vic­tim, a 30-year-old man, went to the cor­ner of Nel­son Street and Prince Street, Port-of-Spain, to com­plete a pre-arranged sale of his iPhone 12 Pro Max for $4,000.

There he met with two men, one of whom bran­dished a firearm.

Fear­ing for his safe­ty, the vic­tim was forced to hand over his iPhone, a rose gold Se­ries 5 Ap­ple Watch val­ued at $1,500, his T&T ID card, dri­ver’s li­cence, Re­pub­lic Bank deb­it card, and $200 in cash.

Fol­low­ing the rob­bery, the vic­tim ran west on Prince Street to es­cape.

The first sus­pect was de­scribed as a man of African de­scent, ap­prox­i­mate­ly 22 years old, 5’9” tall, light brown com­plex­ion, slim build, with a four corn­rows hair­style, wear­ing a black, green, and white Po­lo jer­sey, black short pants, and black slip­pers.

The sec­ond sus­pect was a man of African de­scent, 24-25 years old, 5’8” tall, dark com­plex­ion, slim build, with an afro hair­style, wear­ing a ba­by blue jer­sey, blue short pants, and a white jer­sey or mask around his face, and armed with a firearm.

Au­thor­i­ties have urged the pub­lic to ex­er­cise cau­tion when ar­rang­ing on­line trans­ac­tions and to meet in safe, pub­lic lo­ca­tions.

PC Cuffie is in­ves­ti­gat­ing.


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