ARTICLES RELATING TO
FRAUD
A Fin24 user who lost over R19 000 was told by the police that it is nearly impossible to track down the perpetrators.
Fin24 has been inundated with emails from users who lost money through SIM swaps following a report of Media24 CEO Esmaré Weideman’s loss of R360 000.
Ex-Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown says the State is welcome to formally re-pursue certain charges it dropped against him, the Western Cape High Court has heard.
A Fin24 user had funds removed from her account while withdrawing at an ATM right outside a bank.
A Fin24 user says she did not respond to any phishing emails and never divulged senstivie information to a third party - yet she still lost R67 500.
Another Fin24 SIM swap victim who lost R60 000 from his credit card account after a cellphone upgrade tells his story.
Both the banks and cellphone providers should take responsibility for our money being stolen, says a Fin24 user.
It is time for a class action against MTN and Absa so that people whose money has been stolen could get it back from these companies, says a Fin24 user.
Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown, who has been found guilty on two counts of fraud, says he has made peace with the possibility of imprisonment.
Media24's CEO Esmaré Weideman has become the latest victim of a SIM swap syndicate when she was robbed of R360 000 over the weekend.
A Fin24 user who was the victim of a prizewinner scam wonders why authorities seem so reluctant to take any action against seemingly unstoppable fraud.
South Africans are still too lax when it comes to safety measures to secure PIN code secrecy, research shows.
A Fin24 user tells how he fell for a scam he believes was operated by FNB bank employees colluding with a Johannesburg car dealership.
Banks push online usage but don't do enough to protect clients from scams, says a user.
How not to be fooled by those oh-so-realistic but fake FNB and Absa emails.
