Malaysian playboy Jho Low is on the run from the Justice Department, for misusing billions of dollars to fund his high-rolling lifestyle with high-profile friends.
If you happen to get a call from Cyril Ramaphosa’s office, and there’s talk of a massive investment coming your way, we suggest you exercise caution.
When it comes to honey in South Africa, trust nobody. It appears some of the country’s leading brands are pulling the wool over our eyes.
The South African Reserve Bank has just released a video campaign on how you can tell if these illustrious banknotes are the real deal, or if you’ve been duped.
A Bitcoin trading company is denying any connections to a dodgy scam that has cost investors a hefty sum, and is threatening to take the Hawks to court.
Jordan Belfort is now a household name around the world, which makes it kind of tough to shirk some of his responsibilities.
Over 13 000 fraudulent life insurance claims were foiled in 2016 in South African alone, and these were the most common cons people tried to pull off.
After nobody arrived to pick up their daughter from school, alarms were raised about the whereabouts of a Bergvliet couple.
Two years ago Darryn August’s story moved South Africans, his defence of a pregnant woman from attackers resulting in severe injuries. Yeah, about that.
You wouldn’t expect Boksburg to be the home of a massive scandal like this, but someone’s been living it up on money that wasn’t theirs to spend.
An Italian “prince” is being investigated for fraud, after it was found that he might not actually be royalty at all. Pretty embarrassing for Pamela as well.
A Vodacom customer suspected something fishy was going on when he kept getting SIM swap notifications, and it turns out he was right.
CNN once listed Durban’s Little Gujarat as one of the best street food restaurants in the world, but things have really gone down the tubes of late.
There are always those bad apples out there who abuse the things we actually need in this world, but at least this time those guilty have been caught out.
According to EWN, it is understood that a formal charge of fraud as been laid against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. And so the rand begins to plummet.
There are a few horror stories of local businesses being taken for fools doing the rounds, and the scamming methods are pretty ingenious.
Handing over our card to be swiped these days is second nature, but maybe we should be a little more vigilant when doing so.
Sometimes being a waiter can be a thankless task, but you don’t make your life any easier when you’re caught robbing your customers.
If you think you have the worst job interview story think again, this young lady nabbed by the Hawks as she waited to face the music.
If you’re not familiar with the story of Leone Steyn you may think that headline is harsh. You should read this before you judge though.
Standard Bank was the victim of a massive transnational scam this week, with some crafty scam artists netting a fat payday.
Students aren’t usually known for being financially responsible, so throw around R50 million into one’s account and the results are predictable.
It looks like the staff at this Shell garage have had just about enough of two alleged fraudsters, taking the law into their own hands.
It’s the story that has grabbed Australia’s attention over the weekend, a bricklayer nabbed by police showing a rather impressive bank account.
Martin Shkreli pissed off the Internet so much karma decided to give him some of his own back.
There’s one banking scam that just won’t seem to go away, South Africans continually falling victim to what’s called the ‘R99 Scam’.
Yesterday saw Julius Malema in good spirits, and I imagine it will be much of the same today after the charges against him were struck from the roll.
There are few things in life as sweet as winning something for nothing. Sometimes, however, if it sounds too good to be true it actually is.
Piers had the knives well and truly sharpened yesterday when he unleashed an insult-laden attack on FIFA’s top dog. Tell us what you really think Piers.
It takes a fairly large pair of testicles to defraud some of the world’s largest financial institutions out of hundreds of millions of euros. Walk in the park for this fella though.