Survey underscores the reality that scammers follow "scalable opportunities and low friction," rather than rich targets that ...

South Africa has confirmed that two of its citizens were killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine after falling victim to a deceptive recruitment operation, the country’s foreign minister announced ...

That’s one example. Another example on the SARS scam list was a fraudulent SMS claiming that you’re eligible for a tax refund (which is often more than the tax you paid in the first place)! Like loan ...

South Africans should be wary of a years-old scam in which friendly con artists persuade them to buy airtime or digital services vouchers, promising to pay them back. Private investigators previously ...

Several new scams have emerged targeting refugee resettlement programme applicants, predominantly aimed at Afrikaner South Africans.

Consumer fraud was the second most experienced crime by individuals according to the latest Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2024/25 report released by Statistics South Africa ...

South Africa's railway agency lost some 30.6 million rand (US$1.6 million) after the transport network fell victim to a phishing scam. In its annual report, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa ...