Last year Vilakazi received a call from someone pretending to be Celtic owner Max Tshabalala offering him a contract. Tso gratefully jumped on the first flight he could get to the City of Roses – only to discover he had been tricked.
It has now emerged that Platinum Stars reserve Sabelo Tsambo was also recently contacted by someone masquerading as Tshabalala, telling him to come to the club to sign a deal on January 10.
Dikwena chairman Ratanang Nke says he followed up on the call and learnt it was a hoax.
"Yes, it's true one of our players received a call from a person who purported to be Mr Max Tshabalala and invited him to come down Bloemfontein on January 10 with his parent or guardian to sign for Celtic," Nke tells snl24.com/kickoff.
"The caller told the player to come at his own expense and he would be refunded upon arrival. I subsequently called Max who denied ever making such a call and indicated this is similar to what happened to Tso Vilakazi."
Tshabalala confirms the similarities in cases between Vilakazi and Tsambo.
"This is like something that happened to Tso Vilakazi last time. I am not even involved with the issue of signing players."
Amajita stand-in coach David Notoane is another who thought he had a job offer from Celtic in the past, but found out this was not the case.