A South African man called God Guluva, on Sunday, tweeted that a thief stole his laptop, sharing a screenshot of an apology mail the robber sent from the owner’s email account.
The “sincere” thief also attached the owner’s research proposal document in the email that left the tweep and everyone on the internet confused.
They stole my laptop last night and they sent me an email using my email, I have mixed emotions now.😩 pic.twitter.com/pYt6TVbV1J
— GOD GULUVA (@Zweli_Thixo) October 30, 2022
I dunno how to feel about this hey😫🤔 on one hand wtf you stole for me, on the other this is the mosy considerate laptop thief in the history of laptop theft🤷🏾♂️😭 pic.twitter.com/LYTgHSUbyY
— Mr Fisherman 🎣 (@ted_pops) October 30, 2022
According to the email, the thief stole the laptop because he needed money. He also informed Guluva that he’s already found a customer for his stolen computer.
Confused on how to approach this peculiar situation, Guluva did the one thing everyone knows you shouldn’t do — Take advice from the internet. Twitterati suggested the South African man buy back the stolen laptop from the thief.
Guluva made the initial offer of 4,000 South African Rands (48,808 PKR) via email but the robber responded aggressively. He made a counter-offer of 5,000 Rands (61,010 PKR) and told Guluva that they will meet at a location of his choosing. The robber also warned him to not involve the local law enforcement.
Things Didn’t Go Well
The two reached an agreement to meet on Monday at 12, and the internet thought that this bizarre story of a “considerate” thief and the hapless owner would have a happy ending. However, what happened next is both hilarious and tragic.
The next day, on Monday, Guluva posted a picture of himself bruised and beaten up. He revealed that the meeting was a trap as the man got robbed by the same person, again!
“Back and safe but not okay,” he wrote. “It was a trap they gave me a beating and took the 5k and my phone. If it wasn’t the taxi driver that decided to stop when he saw the situation it would have been worse than this.”
Twitterati on social media continue to process this bizarre incident with some hilarious memes, Some expressed sympathy for the poor owner who had to go through this ordeal.
This is terrible. As someone who who have blindly believed in humanity and gone too, I totally understand why you would go. I am so terribly sorry and heartbroken for you💔
— Constance (@CONNIEisthename) November 1, 2022
One tweep tried to put a positive spin on this incident.
https://twitter.com/Msenti91657768/status/1586701936585211904?s=20&t=CKhCUEERG_ZalDG1bHPwRw
Others doubt if his story is even true.
Dude you have tried. Somehow the thief is your namesake. And they even logged into your laptop and risk getting caught? How? And these spices you are adding? pic.twitter.com/ibrm45z4ge
— Son of the Soil (@Bantu_Istan) October 31, 2022
What people get up to for likes and attention.
You can swear we have wrong people writing story books and television content.— Captain Ortega (@DeBig_O) November 1, 2022
We can’t confirm if the incident is real or not, but we do learn a valuable lesson: “Never take advice on the internet.”
