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LoginPolice spokesperson warrant officer Joseph Swartbooi explains that a Canadian citizen reported a romance scam back in The suspect — using the alias Raymond Butler — befriended her and they became romantically linked, while chatting via a popular dating website and then privately. The lead investigator eventually made a breakthrough when authorities located the suspect at a premises in Charing Crescent, in Parklands. Swartbooi adds women in particular are advised to remain vigilant not to fall prey to scammers who want to enter their lives with the promise of love, to defraud them out of their money. Listen Live. Saturday, July 13, Nigerian man swindles love-struck woman out of R24 million. Published on. By Lizell Persens.
It also reports that online dating scams are used by fraudsters to launder the illicit proceeds of crime. In , eight suspects were arrested in Cape Town in connection with an online dating scam and stealing more than R million from victims in various countries. When visiting online dating platforms, be aware of photos that look too good to be true.
Eight foreign nationals, aged between 33 and 52, were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning for their links to an alleged Rmillion internet scam during a large-scale operation in Cape Town. The suspects are alleged to have been involved in money laundering and international-wide scale financial fraud. Mogale said the suspects used social media websites, online dating websites to find and connect with their victims. Another modus operandi used by the suspects was business emails, where email accounts were diverted in order to change banking details. The FBI estimates that more than people lost more than R million in romance scams since Last year, Carte Blanche exposed how Cape Town had become the dating scam capital of Africa… with a sophisticated network of scammers preying on lonely hearts to make off with millions.
The eighth suspect, Toritseju Gabriel Otubu, had his extradition inquiry separated from the others and awaits judgment on April The charges against the group include wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. The state alleges they used false identities to deceive victims into sending money to South Africa.
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