scammers

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Truecaller's plan to tackle spam calls in SA

    Truecaller's plan to tackle spam calls in SA Truecaller is positioning itself as a shield for South Africans against spam calls, which the call-screening app has observed surging in the country in early 2026. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Truecaller's director for market development Mmathebe...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    SARS starts using WhatsApp

    SARS starts using WhatsApp South Africans should be wary of fraudsters impersonating the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on WhatsApp, but not be too quick to dismiss messages that may really be from the taxman. SARS's recent decision to expand its communication channels to include the...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers Call screening apps that allow companies to pay for "whitelisting" are benefiting the wealthiest and most aggressive marketers, not those with legitimate rights to contact customers. That is according to Coega...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Two more BHI Trust heavyweights arrested

    Two more BHI Trust heavyweights arrested In a dramatic turn of events, two major players in the BHI Trust Ponzi scheme, Michael Haldane and Sona Pillay, have been arrested, bringing a new chapter to one of South Africa’s most egregious financial scandals. The arrests of Haldane, founder of...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cyberattack nearly killed South African non-profit

    Cyberattack nearly killed South African non-profit After months of uncertainty, The Big Issue is back on its feet thanks to a number of donors. In June 2023, the magazine was scammed out of R600,000 and its survival was at stake. The funds were stolen by a scammer posing as the magazine’s...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Lawyer must pay R1.4 million he accidentally paid into scammer's bank account

    Lawyer must pay R1.4 million he accidentally paid into scammer's bank account A Gauteng attorney has been found liable to pay his clients R1.4 million after he transferred their money to a fraudster’s account. The scammer had intercepted email correspondence between the client and the attorney...
  8. Jan

    FBI releases names of top Black Axe scammers operating from Cape Town

    These are South Africa's top scammers — according to the FBI Scammers alleged to be part of an international network of swindlers has failed to get their extradition to the US thrown out of the Cape Town Magistrate's Court, reports News24. The men are accused of being part of the "Black Axe"...
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    • black axe eric ntabazalila national prosecuting authority (npa) scammers
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. J

    Scammers using faces of famous South Africans in shady adverts

    Scammers using faces of famous South Africans in shady adverts If you are an avid reader of online news in South Africa, it is likely that you have seen advertisements in articles that claim to have the answer to your financial troubles. These ads use the faces of famous and wealthy South...
  10. P

    New Scammer and Fraudster listing system

    Hi peeps, Just to let you know, we launched a listing system for possible scammers and fraudsters. The system allows you to input details, and it will return results of previously encountered users / entities. There is also an API if you want to integrate with it. Right now we have around...
  11. jes

    Online shopping scam tactics

    Online shopping scam tactics Industry expert reveals how scammers con many unsuspecting online shoppers in South Africa
  12. O

    New Scam warning

    Okay, my in-laws have received a couple of calls this weekend and today from a company called "MegaByte" they are claiming that their home computer is compromised and that it is sending out emails or some rubbish. It seems like these dudes Modus Operandi is to go through the phone book (as they...
  13. jes

    RICA and the tracking of scammers

    RICA and the tracking of scammers “People will become traceable – right down to the last metre – and RICA is the start,” says Christopher Riley
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    ABSA now verify cash send transactions?

    Got a call from ABSA after making a cash send trans. Apparently scammers are exploiting this to get money out of people's accounts. I can see why they'd target it as the cold hard cash would be nice & untraceable! FICA working too well maybe? How do scammers manage this?! They'd need your...
  15. W

    Fly-by-Night Web Hosts

    Has anyone here had any unfortunate dealings with a fly-by-night web host? I have. A year ago I signed up with a web host called WebHostASP.com (which doesn't exist anymore). I was impressed with their prices and I registered a domain with them and let them host my domain. After a while I...
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