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Fraud
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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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They Reckon This Pamela Anderson Loving Prince Is Actually A Fake
10 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
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.
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Vodacom Are Caught Up In A Bit Of A SIM-Swap Fraud Mess
25 May 2017 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
A Vodacom customer suspected something fishy was going on when he kept getting SIM swap notifications, and it turns out he was right.
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Bunny Chow Restaurant Bust Selling Spots In UKZN School Of Medicine For R500 000
16 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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Zanzibar Fraud Bust, As Woman And Teenage Son Fake Death For R2.2 Million Payout
16 Feb 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
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.
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Formal Summons Issued To Pravin Gordhan On Charges Of Fraud [Video]
11 Oct 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
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.
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‘Ghost Employees’ Could Be Killing Your Business – The New Scam Doing The Rounds
24 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
There are a few horror stories of local businesses being taken for fools doing the rounds, and the scamming methods are pretty ingenious.
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Three Ways You Can Tell A Scam Card Machine From A Real One [Images]
05 Jul 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Handing over our card to be swiped these days is second nature, but maybe we should be a little more vigilant when doing so.
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A Camps Bay Waiter Has Quietly Been Skimming Tens Of Thousands Of Rands From Customers
27 Jun 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Catch Her If You Can – Hawks Bust Krugersdorp Teen Posing As Cardiologist
08 Jun 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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‘Ruthless And Manipulative’ – Is This South Africa’s Most Twisted Woman?
27 May 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Standard Bank Got Scammed Out Of R300 Million – Here’s How The Criminals Did It [Infographic]
24 May 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Standard Bank was the victim of a massive transnational scam this week, with some crafty scam artists netting a fat payday.
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Bank Gives Student Access To R50 Million By Mistake, Only Notices A Year Later – Guess What Happened?
09 May 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Students aren’t usually known for being financially responsible, so throw around R50 million into one’s account and the results are predictable.
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WATCH: Shell Garage Employees Kick The Crap Out Of This Guy [Video]
25 Apr 2016 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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How Peculiar – Please Enjoy This Bricklayer With R6.6b In The Bank
29 Mar 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s the story that has grabbed Australia’s attention over the weekend, a bricklayer nabbed by police showing a rather impressive bank account.
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Everyone In The Banking World Is Talking About Martin Shkreli
18 Dec 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Martin Shkreli pissed off the Internet so much karma decided to give him some of his own back.
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You’ve Heard Of The R99 Scam Right? You Might Be One Of The Victims
14 Dec 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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’.
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Malema Walks Free – All Charges Struck From The Roll (For Now)
04 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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If You’ve Heard From Coke Recently You Might Want To Watch Out
11 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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Piers Morgan’s Epic Sepp Blatter Takedown
28 May 2015 by Kiernan / 7 Comments
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.
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Is This The World’s Greatest Con Artist?
21 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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South African DJ In Hot Water Over Fake Magazine Cover
24 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dj Sbu needs to stop getting into trouble: first it was endorsing his new energy drink at an event and then it was being caught for speeding, twice. Come on, old chap.
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This Is How Our Students Get Money From Our Government For Partying And Shopping
21 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Good grief but kids are clever these days, managing to get money to support their partying habits from all different sources. Too bad they’ve been figured out.
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SPICY: Oscar Pistorius’ Family Part Of Price-Fixing Cartel
19 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With Oscar in prison and a multitude of claims towards his family (remember those rhino horns?), it seems these guys just cannot fathom staying out of the news.
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Disturbing Story Of the R150 Million Lottery Winner Who Couldn’t Claim His Winnings
16 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
We all dream of winning the Lotto, but imagine the nightmare of not being able to claim your winnings. Oh, and then getting arrested on top of that.
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Has A Woman Ever Lied About A Pregnancy To You? Spare A Thought For This Chap
03 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There are some full on crazies out there – here is hoping that you never find one sitting at the edge of your bed staring at you whilst you are coming out of a booze-induced coma… #mistakeshappen
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OMG Not Another One? Does Anyone In Government / Police Have A Real Matric Certificate?
05 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The police spokesman in KwaZulu-Natal has been found to have forged his matric certificate. Classic!
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Wow – Zuma And His Lawyers Believe Corruption Is A ‘Western Paradigm’ With ‘No Victims’
13 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Haha, Zuma, you never cease to amaze me. Have a squizz at how The President thinks he is above the rest of the world and South African law.
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Finally Businesses Who Sell / Buy Facebook ‘Likes’ Will See Their Ass
07 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thousands of businesses use platforms like Facebook – and the more thumbs up they get, the better. Unfortunately, many of these “likes” are not real likes.
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They’ve Transcribed The Spy Tapes – You Can Read Them In Full Here
02 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Take an in depth, behind the scenes look at what really went on with Zuma and the NIA. I’ll bet Helen Zille has drawn her curtains, made some tea, and is ready for a good read.
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