Fraud

South Africans are losing hundreds of thousands of rands to immigration fraudsters offering jobs in Canada in ‘the perfect scam’

One South African family has lost around R100,000 to scammers who promised to get them into Canada. Others regularly pay up to R80,000 to “consultancies” that guarantee jobs in the likes of Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal – and so, residency in Canada. And as long as the victims are truly committed to emigrating from South […]

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Romance fraud: Woman sent conman £40k despite suspicions

A woman who suspected her mother was being scammed online later sent the fraudster £40,000, ending up heavily in debt. The mother-of-one from south east Wales was a victim of romance fraud, a crime which police say grew by nearly a third last year. Now the woman has spoken out about falling for the charms

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‘I’m not happy that my son is in jail’ – Lotto winner speaks after son steals his millions

Mkhatshane George Manganyi was overjoyed when he won a R6m Lotto jackpot in 2006 but his dreams of building a mansion for his wife Maria and their family were all put on hold after his son stole his millions.  In an interview with Drum, 85-year-old Manganyi said the millions destroyed their family. “We have no

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Nigeria News 2018: BUSTED Police Arrest One-Chance Tricycle Thieves, Human Traffickers | Legit TV

Nigeria News 2018: The Lagos State Police Command has paraded some suspected human traffickers and one-chance tricycle operators. Among those paraded was a woman who claimed to have been wrongly arrested alongside her husband by the police.

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Woman caught five years after working with fake certificates

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Tuesday arraigned a woman for allegedly using a forged university certificate and exemption letter from the National Youth Service Corps to secure a job with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Oden Akpama worked for five years with the ministry, earning around N2.84m in salary

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Doctor, medical funder charged in New York in transvaginal mesh fraud

NEW YORK: A doctor and a surgical funding consultant were arrested on Friday on charges that they defrauded women into having unnecessary surgeries to remove transvaginal mesh implants in order to profit from settlements paid to the women by mesh manufacturers, U.S. prosecutors in New York said. Urogynecologist Christopher Walker, 49, of Florida, and Wesley

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UK Border Agency burst Nigerian man with multiple passports, he didn’t know or remember

Unlike expired drivers’ licenses, which most U.S. states require be surrendered upon renewal, no one will collect your old passport from you when it expires. In fact, being in possession of an expired passport is not considered to be a fraud or any other sort of crime. But what if you have more than one

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