Own Correspondent|Government has warned Zimbabweans against South African-based Zimbabweans who are trying to con unsuspecting people by promising them that they have been allocated farming equipment and must help meet the transport costs.

A press statement issued by Misheck Sibanda, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet , said the conmen are demanding sums ranging from R8 000 to R20 000.

Sibanda said the government had no such scheme.