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Scams
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If You Get A Scary Call From A Loved One In Need Of Money, It Might Be An AI Scam
10 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Advances in artificial intelligence have added a new layer of eerie to online and phone scams.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
15 Nov 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Cape restaurants scammed. Bezos says he’s giving it all away. Oligarch superyacht avoids Cape Town. Lewis and Max square off. Pete D and Emily dating?
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Wednesday Morning Spice
09 Mar 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
SA’s ‘holiday swindler’. Cursed Cape superyacht sold. Cannabis bill breakthrough. Prince Andrew pays up. Cameron Diaz ‘like a wild beast’.
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Massive Online Dating Scam Busted In Cape Town
19 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Cape Town has been dubbed an “international cybercrime capital”, with online dating scams as popular as ever.
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They Finally Nailed One Of Australia’s Most Notorious Con Artists
03 Jun 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samantha Azzopardi has spent years duping people into believing she’s a victim of sex trafficking, or Swedish royalty, or a Russian gymnast, among other things.
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Five Common Scams Doing The Rounds In South Africa
25 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
There are two things you can be sure of – the sun will rise tomorrow, and at some point in your life, someone will try to scam you.
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Watch Out For Fake City of Cape Town Electricity Officials
08 Mar 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Scammers have been bluffing their way into people’s homes by posing as City of Cape Town officials, before stealing personal items.
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Used Car Horror Stories: How To Avoid Buying A Write-Off
09 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Some South African pre-owned vehicle buyers have been unknowingly buying cars that were previously written off.
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Watch Out For These Local COVID-19 Scams
05 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Criminals are taking full advantage of COVID-19 fears with scams designed to trick South Africans out of their money.
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Coronavirus Scams On The Rise: How To Identify Fraud And Protect Yourself
28 Apr 2020 by Damon Sivitilli / No Comments
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in our behaviour, and how we work & communicate.
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Mafia Ties And Diamonds – Carte Blanche Investigates Notorious Gauteng Businessman [Video]
16 Apr 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gauteng businessman Louis Liebenberg has earned notoriety in the South African diamond industry, so Carte Blanche came calling.
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Buying A Car? Watch Out For This Popular Scam
03 Mar 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When it comes to cars, theft and scamming can be a lucrative business, so it pays to be up to speed with the latest techniques employed by crooks.
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Carte Blanche Looks At The Rise And Rise Of SA’s Online Romance Scams [Video]
11 Feb 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cape Town has become Africa’s dating scam capital, with the city now dubbed “New Lagos” in international law enforcement circles.
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Payback As Cape Town Woman Gets Revenge On Dating App Scammer
05 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
When a scammer tried to catfish Capetonian Jessica Carver, he didn’t know that he was messing with the wrong woman.
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You Can Now ‘Rent’ Dead Bodies To Scam Insurance Companies
11 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A recent report found that a large number of dishonest insurance claims in South Africa involved fraudsters ‘renting’ dead bodies for their scams.
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The Tragic Knock-On Effect Of Robocalls And Sales Calls
09 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’ve stopped answering ‘unknown numbers’, you aren’t alone. The robocall epidemic is changing the way we interact with our phones.
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Awkward – When Your Friend Who’s Dying Of Listeriosis Is Actually A Scam Artist
18 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year, Colleen Lingwood was on her deathbed, with friends having gathered in Johannesburg to say their final words. Turns out that wasn’t quite the truth.
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If You Want To Make Money Scamming Women, Cape Town Is The Place To Be
11 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Capetonian women have been known to complain about the local dating scene, and now the city has been dubbed “an international cybercrime capital”.
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Five Major SA Banking Scams You Need To Watch Out For
08 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
South African scammers are getting better and better at swindling unsuspecting victims out of their money, so here’s what to look out for.
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Scam Alert – Read This Before You Buy Or Sell Property In SA
19 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
An email scam is now doing the rounds, which is so effective that even law firms aren’t safe from hackers and fraudsters.
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Discovery Discloses Some Of The Biggest Medical Scams Of 2018
12 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Discovery continues to battle medical scheme scams, uncovering R555 million in fraud and wasteful medical expenses in 2018 alone.
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Please Enjoy The Finest Blackmail Email We’ve Received This Year
26 Oct 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
By now we’re used to hearing about a Nigerian prince who needs to unlock some or other inheritance. Props to this guy, though, and his blackmail effort.
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Fake Bitcoin Ad Featuring Naas Botha Leaves Ex-Bok Fuming
02 Oct 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You can’t blame Naas Botha for being pissed off about the scam artists using his pictures on Facebook. The social media giant doesn’t seem all that bothered, though.
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WhatsApp ‘Dick Pic’ Scam Costs Jozi Man R170 000, And Is Proving To Be Big Business
14 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
WhatsApp sexploitation scams are on the rise in South Africa, with more than 1 000 cases being dealt with by law enforcement on a daily basis.
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Keen To Teach English In Asia? Watch Out For This Scam
11 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Many South Africans head over to the likes of South Korea to teach English, but here’s one Capetonian’s cautionary tale to make sure you do your homework.
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American Man ‘Catfished’, Travels 13 000km To Meet Fake Vredehoek Woman
12 Mar 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Michael Morgan thought he was travelling from North Carolina to Cape Town to meet his soulmate, but sadly that’s not how this story ends.
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Anyone Else Get This Email From Prince Harry?
10 Jan 2018 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I would imagine that Harry’s schedule is pretty full right now, all those public appearances to keep up and a wedding to plan. How about this email, then.
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How A 43-Year-Old Woman From Boksburg Scammed R460 Million From A Multinational
18 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Elaborate Con To Get $5 Million Out Of Richard Branson
19 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
After a fellow businessman was successfully swindled out of $2 million, Branson is calling on his network to assist in locating the criminals targeting the rich.
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Online Dating In Pretoria Is Pretty Risky Business
26 Jul 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For most people the worst thing about online dating is how the pictures don’t match the person, but up in Pretoria things are a bit more hectic.
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