Interpol has announced a major cybercrime crackdown across Africa, leading to the arrest of 260 suspects involved in romance and extortion scams.

If you answer an unexpected call from your “bank” claiming your account has been compromised and it seems suspicious, say ...

The operation, co-ordinated by Interpol and funded by the UK, targeted criminal networks using social media and digital platforms to extract money from victims in romance scams, and in so-called ...

Online scammers in Africa are conning British women out of thousands of pounds as "payback for colonialism", a study has revealed. The Ghanaian group, known as Sakawa Boys, has been asking women for ...

South African motorists are being targeted by fake fine scams ahead of the AARTO rollout. Here’s how fraudsters are taking ...

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has issued another alert about a new scam doing the rounds, looking to defraud ...

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According to Munetsi, scammers are setting up fake businesses and fake social media profiles to entice young players to give ...

Since the 2000s, West African scammers known as ‘grazers’ – or 419ers in Nigeria – promise huge fortunes after eliciting sympathy from vulnerable targets in exchange for a small fee. The West keeps ...

The Dilbert comic strip is loved around the world for its satirical look at life in the corporate office. But now identity thieves and scammers are exploiting the popular Dilbert.com Website in their ...

Someone calling himself Emmanuel Adebayor contacted us on Facebook. Except it wasn’t the former Togolese football star at all, but rather a con artist who tried to swindle us out of money. Here’s what ...

Scammers have taken advantage of the confusion and misinformation that has spread about the AARTO system to swindle people.