Scammers using Capitec bank accounts as so-called business accounts

ECR Consumerwatch by East Coast Radio

Aug 12, 20216:12News & Politics

Fraudster pay so-called money mules to open bank accounts, and when the victims’ money lands in that new account, they transfer it to the fraudster, thereby ensuring that the fraudster remains untraceable. “Capitec does...

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