Hawks Freeze $200K in Cyber Scam
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South African authorities seize over two million rand in a cyber fraud scam, targeting a former police officer in Mqanduli. Scammers, posing as billionaire Patrice Motsepe, exploited social engineering tactics to gain access to the victims bank accounts, draining approximately three million rand. An interim freezing order was previously issued, and now a preservation order secures a significant portion of the stolen funds, disrupting the fraud network.
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