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Warning for anyone using WhatsApp in South Africa | SA News

Luke Fraser
 ·10 Jan 2026

Scammers are becoming increasingly difficult to spot, with South Africa and other parts of the globe experiencing a rise in email, SMS, and WhatsApp scams.

WhatsApp is one of the most common forms of communication in South Africa, but, like emails and SMSes, it is highly prone to scams.

According to Michael Lazenby and Yvette du Toit from Ziyasiza, scammers are a dime a dozen as digital communication becomes embedded in daily life.

Scam messages are now becoming almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones. The major…

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