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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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Cape Town’s Fake Beggars Are Still At It
08 Feb 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you have spent enough time in Cape Town, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the infamous gang of professional beggars known as the Kumars.
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Facebook Group Tracks The Movements Of Notorious Cape Town Scammers
20 Jan 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A car parked at a busy intersection, and elaborate stories about the need for money for repairs or petrol, have led to these scammers gaining quite the reputation.
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People Are Using Bots To Buy Things Before You Do, Then Selling Them To You For More
02 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’ve found that, despite your best efforts, some items sell out way faster than humanly possible, you might be battling a bot.
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Watch Out For This Scam When Renewing Your Driver’s Licence
03 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It has been less than a month since the Aarto Act was gazetted, and we’re already seeing confusion and criminals looking to take advantage of it.
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Warning: SA Thieves Are Using This New Scam To Steal Cars
27 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Tracker, one of the country’s biggest vehicle tracking companies, has warned of a new car theft scam doing the rounds.
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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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SARS Warns South Africans To Watch Out For These New Scams
16 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Criminals are capitalising on SARS’ efforts to crack down on tax non-compliance by sending out scam emails and messages.
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A Prison Consultant’s Guide To Surviving Jail
14 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’re potentially facing a prison sentence, there are people out there who can help you to navigate the system.
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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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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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This Is How Easy It Is To Scam People On Airbnb
07 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A scam artist created multiple fake Airbnb profiles and used them to cheat countless people out of their cash and good holiday vibes.
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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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Durbanites – Read This Before Sending That Nude Selfie Via WhatsApp
22 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Criminals are using Facebook and WhatsApp to get nude pictures, which they then use to blackmail people.
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Carte Blanche Investigates The Rehab Scam That’s Preying On Desperate Parents
09 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Desperate parents are being conned out of thousands of rands by a man who claims to be able to help their drug-addicted children.
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Julia Roberts Has Her Say On The College Admissions Scam [Video]
20 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Julia Roberts is speaking out against the celebrity parents who scammed their kids’ way into top universities in the States.
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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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Today’s Fraud Fail Video Involves Pizza And Two Stupid Customers
07 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Two presumedly broke women were so keen for a free pizza that they were willing to commit fraud to get it.
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This Is How You Can Illegally Make Millions By SIM Swapping
30 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Nicholas Truglia managed to steal millions in Bitcoin, using a simple SIM swap technique, before he was eventually caught.
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The Biggest Problem With All These ‘Amazing’ Black Friday Deals
21 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Black Friday can promise some amazing deals and monster savings, but if you don’t shop smart, it could cost you big in the long run.
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Watch Out For The New Elon Musk Scam Doing The Rounds
06 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Several popular Twitter accounts have been hacked by scammers, using Elon Musk’s name to try and con people out of their money.
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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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“The Mother Of All Scams” – Send This To Your Friends Who Still Believe In Bitcoin
16 Oct 2018 by Carrie / 26 Comments
When business was booming, every office had someone churning out lines like ‘Bitcoin or bust’. They’ve been pretty quiet of late, right?
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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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