News about online fraud, phishing and scams targeting people and businesses in Africa, newest first. Every story links to the original publisher.
A Yazi study of SA and UK consumers found South Africans lose money to scams about three times as often as UK respondents, and 75% of SA victims recovered nothing, despite most knowing about AI voice cloning.
Read at ITWeb ↗Fraudsters posing as courier companies use payment requests and fake tracking links to steal money and card details from online shoppers.
Scammers are using lookalike traffic-fine sites to trick drivers into paying fake fines and handing over card details.