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Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed
Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions
Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed
Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions
Ponzi schemes flourish in Nigeria’s declining economy
With opportunities dwindling, Nigerian youths are investing in dubious enterprises – and paying the price
Bitcoin’s crypto-nite wanes as illicit activity falls
New research shows that there were fewer cryptocurrency-related crimes in 2020 — a bumper year for the digital asset. But the biggest scam originated in South Africa
Sakawa Review: Ghana, e-waste and online dating scams
Sakawa is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of an online dating fraud syndicate in Ghana
SANDF colonel accused of swindling colleagues in UN business scam
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…
New rules for crypto-trading
Local regulation of cryptocurrencies could be implemented as soon as next year
The pushy tout’s guide to Marrakech
The Marrakech that tourists are shown is a very different place from the city that locals live in
Gumede to take ‘enforced’ leave of absence but maintains her innocence
The eThekwini ANC chairperson was asked to take leave or face removal
Undercover investigators catch Eskom employees selling transformers
A sting operation involving a private investigator posing as a farmer has uncovered a scam in which staffers sell transformers on the black market.
Scam victims behind bars in Dubai
The South Africans allegedly duped by a UAE trickster face an uphill battle to return home
Kickstarter is not all good endings, sometimes it’s scams
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.
M&G readers targeted by scam gang
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.
Small-town magician siphons $600m through ponzi scheme
Authorities say Paul Burks was the mastermind of a $600-million scam, one of the biggest in US history, that attracted one-million investors.
‘No easy walk to wealth’: Dept warns against fraudsters
The department of finance has condemned the use of documents containing government logos being used to con people out of their hard-earned money.