Advances in artificial intelligence have added a new layer of eerie to online and phone scams.
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Cape Town has been dubbed an “international cybercrime capital”, with online dating scams as popular as ever.
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.
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.
Scammers have been bluffing their way into people’s homes by posing as City of Cape Town officials, before stealing personal items.
Some South African pre-owned vehicle buyers have been unknowingly buying cars that were previously written off.
Criminals are taking full advantage of COVID-19 fears with scams designed to trick South Africans out of their money.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in our behaviour, and how we work & communicate.
Gauteng businessman Louis Liebenberg has earned notoriety in the South African diamond industry, so Carte Blanche came calling.
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.
Cape Town has become Africa’s dating scam capital, with the city now dubbed “New Lagos” in international law enforcement circles.
When a scammer tried to catfish Capetonian Jessica Carver, he didn’t know that he was messing with the wrong woman.
A recent report found that a large number of dishonest insurance claims in South Africa involved fraudsters ‘renting’ dead bodies for their scams.
If you’ve stopped answering ‘unknown numbers’, you aren’t alone. The robocall epidemic is changing the way we interact with our phones.
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.
Capetonian women have been known to complain about the local dating scene, and now the city has been dubbed “an international cybercrime capital”.
South African scammers are getting better and better at swindling unsuspecting victims out of their money, so here’s what to look out for.
An email scam is now doing the rounds, which is so effective that even law firms aren’t safe from hackers and fraudsters.
Discovery continues to battle medical scheme scams, uncovering R555 million in fraud and wasteful medical expenses in 2018 alone.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.