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Cellphone scams and cybercrime on the rise in South Africa | SA News

If you’ve ever received a phone call, email or SMS pretending to be from your bank or mobile provider, only to later discover it was a fake, you’re not alone. A confluence of leaked personal data, weak enforcement of laws and the rise of cheap AI tools means South Africans are facing more scam attempts than ever before.

In recent weeks, several members of Daily Maverick’s newsroom received WhatsApp messages from someone claiming to be a senior company figure. The name and profile picture matched perfectly. The message received by this journalist read as follows:

“I’m currently in a very critical meeting and I can’t…

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