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Sakawa Review: Ghana, e-waste and online dating scams

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Sakawa is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of an online dating fraud syndicate in Ghana
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SANDF colonel accused of swindling colleagues in UN business scam

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A senior soldier who is part of South Africa’s peacekeeping missions is accused by her colleagues of swindling them out of of hundreds of thousands of rands in a nonexistent business deal
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New rules for crypto-trading

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Local regulation of cryptocurrencies could be implemented as soon as next year
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The pushy tout’s guide to Marrakech

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The Marrakech that tourists are shown is a very different place from the city that locals live in
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​Gumede to take ‘enforced’ leave of absence but maintains her innocence

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The eThekwini ANC chairperson was asked to take leave or face removal
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Undercover investigators catch Eskom employees selling transformers

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A sting operation involving a private investigator posing as a farmer has uncovered a scam in which staffers sell transformers on the black market.
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Scam victims behind bars in Dubai

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The South Africans allegedly duped by a UAE trickster face an uphill battle to return home
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Kickstarter is not all good endings, sometimes it’s scams

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After backing a successful Kickstarter project, but not seeing the product in development, Liron Segev believes he may have been the victim of a scam.
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M&G readers targeted by scam gang

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A criminal gang has been covertly targeting the M&G's online readers with a sophisticated security scam. Help us ensure they don't succeed.
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Small-town magician siphons $600m through ponzi scheme

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Authorities say Paul Burks was the mastermind of a $600-million scam, one of the biggest in US history, that attracted one-million investors.
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‘No easy walk to wealth’: Dept warns against fraudsters

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The department of finance has condemned the use of documents containing government logos being used to con people out of their hard-earned money.
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Supra Mahumapelo got travel agency cash

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Mahumapelo has pocketed at least R200000 through his travel agency's business dealings with an ailing municipality in the province.
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Phishing can cost you, big time

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If you fall foul of a phishing scam and give away your details because of your own negligence, banks are probably not liable.
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Taiwan man pays $400 000 for croissant

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A Taiwan scam victim paid 12-million Taiwan dollars for a croissant which he never got to eat,
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SA men in plastic banknote scam

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Front company channelled millions of dollars in commissions from Nigerian contract.
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