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Safe online dating and how to spot cat phish and romance scams Dating apps are great; even my dad met his partner online and I have a lot of friends who’ve found their current spouse online says Anna Collard, MD at KnowBe4 Africa. Unfortunately, dating apps don’t only attract lonely hearts, but scammers too. They …
Gcobisa Sintu, 33 and Tando Magwevana, 34, appeared at Port Elizabeth and East London Magistrates courts on 25 and 26 October 2019, soon after their respective arrests. They were allegedly linked to a syndicate that operated an online dating scam over a period between 2017 and 2018. It is alleged that the syndicate lured a …
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 …
A 31-year-old Cape Town woman and her Nigerian husband, together with other four Nigerian accomplices have been arrested for online dating fraud in Cape Town on Thursday morning. Two suspects were arrested in Burgundy Estate while the rest were nabbed at their apartment in Summer Green, Cape Town. The arrests were as a result of …