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Johannesburg – Have you received an SMS or WhatsApp message saying your liquor licence fee is outstanding? The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) says it is a scam. In a statement on Thursday the department said the National Liquor Authority (NLA) has received a number of enquiries relating to suspicious WhatsApp and SMS messages …
A security researcher found a problem in Google’s own login page that could allow a hacker to easily steal people’s passwords — and the company apparently isn’t too worried about fixing it. In a post published Saturday on his personal website, Aidan Woods writes of the find and some frustrating interactions he had with Google’s …
Longtime developer Joseph L. Capano Sr. will be sentenced Wednesday for federal crimes he committed during the construction of housing in south New Castle. The sentencing is scheduled for 3 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Wilmington. Capano – a member of the prominent and notorious Delaware family of businessman, developers and politicians – pleaded …
When the great eye of the Tolkien estate swept across the world, a Melbourne jeweller did not expect its powerful gaze to settle on him. The man, ordered by a court to destroy rings minted in the style of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has questioned why he became the target of the Tolkien …
Fourteen Baltimore-area retailers from Glen Burnie to Park Heights have been charged with defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture of more than $16 million from in a practice known as “food stamp trafficking,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides low-income individuals with debit cards that can be used to purchase fruits, …
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Google is being sued by California advertiser Gurminder Singh, who alleges that the internet giant failed to protect the plaintiff from fraudulent clicks. Singh filed a class action suit both individually and on behalf of others July 1 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San …
A businessman who posed as a “man of God,” when he lured his victims to invest in a $1.1-million fraud scheme was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday 17 June 2016 for fraud and money laundering. Don Van Bodegom, 54, who, court heard, left 20 victims from across Ontario “devastated” after taking their …
The shocking scale of cyber crime , with nearly six million offences committed last year, was unveiled for the first time today. One in 10 adults fell victim to online scams, nearly doubling the total England and Wales crime rate. The 5.8million offences, far more than was previously estimated, included 3.8million fraud cases. There were …
A few years ago, as she delicately puts it, Elizabeth Greenwood decided that she had “screwed herself financially.” Saddled with more than $100,000 in college debt, she joked to a friend over dinner that her plan was to become a “highly sought-after public intellectual” who would pay it off by giving TED Talks. If that …
If you search “Ray-Ban event” on Facebook, a flood of posts comes up. They all contain roughly the same language, although their posters live everywhere from Bangalore to Tecumseh, Okla. Aug. 13, 2:12 p.m.: “FYI I did not send out invites to some Ray ban charity event.” Aug. 13, 2:48 p.m.: “If I invited you …
PRETORIA – Mathakha David Madzivhandila (40) and his 36-year-old wife, Hilda Lutendo Madzivhandila, were on Monday granted R5 000 bail each by the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court following their arrest earlier in the day for fraud. The couple allegedly approached the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and applied for funding to develop their business. They …
Dear Editor Not long ago at Humerail spar I was approached by a stranger with an American accent claiming to have been robbed by taxi drivers and in desperate need for money to get to the US embassy in Pretoria. He is a con artist and scams dozens of locals weekly. This man is a …
Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) wishes to alert the public of the existence of bogus advertisements purporting to be from the SAPS recruiting interested persons to apply for police traineeship for 2017 and other vacancies within the police on a website http://www.jobfeed.co.za/police-development-learning-programme/ using the SAPS logo. As it is the norm, the …
MPUMALANGA – Two former police reservists have been sentenced to 12 month imprisonment or R6 000 fine after they were found guilty of fraud by the Machadodorp Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The two presented fraudulent Grade 12 certificates when seeking permanent appointment within the South African Police Service. Lettie Ntuli (34) and Philemon Sekwane (31) …
Two Nigerian men and two local women were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday night for opening bank accounts at all the banks in South Africa and using them to receive monies from online dating victims. One suspect was arrested shortly after receiving a dummy parcel from the Hawks at Postnet Somerset West Mall. The …
Vishing (voice phishing) is the act of using the phone in an attempt to scam you into compromising private information that will be used for identity theft. The fraudster usually pretends to be from a legitimate business, and fools you into thinking that you may somehow profit. Vishing is typically used to steal credit card …
Johannesburg – A 23-year-old woman appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday for alleged fraud, the police said. Police spokesperson Captain Augustinah Selepe said Roxanne van Wyk allegedly defrauded a woman on Gumtree. “The complain alleged that she saw advert on Gumtree about opportunity to buy and sell nappies from a company known as …
In a Hawks’ Commercial Crime Unit intelligence driven operation on Thursday 18 August 2016 led to the arrest of a 34-year-old male nurse in Sekororo village, just outside Tzaneen, for operating a pharmacy without a license as well contravention of the Medicine Control Act and theft. During the search at his pharmacy, medicines which require …
Cullinan Acting Station Commander Captain Coralie Nel has strongly urged the community members to refrain from reporting false complaints to the police. Captain Nel stated these with a very great concern, following a recent false complaint that was made regarding an alleged murder. Members of the public are being urged to only report crimes in …
The Electoral Commission has warned voters of an email scam which seeks to solicit personal information from voters. The alleged emails seeks to solicit information as part of an electronic voting survey on behalf of the Electoral Commission. The emails are being distributed by the “Independent Elections Council” under the email address elections@IEC.co.za and have …
