Online dating scam two Nigerians arrested – Cape Town

Two Nigerian men and two local women were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday night for opening bank accounts with banks in South Africa and using those accounts to receive money from online dating victims.

 

The Hawks seized five laptops, two of them with profiles of people who have been fraudulently used to scam people online, as well as 12 cellphones. 

The suspects, aged between 27 and 38 years, will make their first appearance at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The arrest of these four suspects takes the total number of suspects arrested for online dating scam to eleven.

Online dating scams range from minor white lies to outright thievery. In order to escape being another victim it is best to not trust anybody online until you have met them in person, especially on dating sites. Not all online dating sites are scams, but it would be best not to give out email address, or to many personal details, and stay away from people who ask you for money.

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