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South Africans play a greater role in becoming scam victims than they care to admit

08 November 2023

The South African fraud landscape is becoming increasingly risky as fraudsters and scammers look to target individuals with highly sophisticated scams in an environment where it is becoming increasingly difficult for lawmakers and authorities to bring these criminals to justice.

We have seen this type of scam-dal before

07 November 2023

There are more questions than answers as another investment scandal breaks in South Africa, with over a billion rand reportedly ‘up in smoke’ at BHI Trust. But in stark contrast with the Steinhoff or Tannenbaum scandals, where the alleged masterminds continue to enjoy all the good things in life, the perpetrator of this collapse is already behind bars, having declared his guilt and handed himself over for processing and prosecution.

Advisers: the cybercrime onslaught is just beginning

02 November 2023

The near three-times surge in cybercrime activity post-pandemic demands that all businesses and individuals pay close attention to the personal information in their possession, whether it is their own or belongs to a data subject as defined by South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). A chilling presentation to the 2023 Fiduciary Institute of South Africa (FISA) Annual Conference revealed that criminals and criminal syndicates will stop at nothing to obtain personal data, and use the data so gained to commit fraud.