A taste of the bigger picture, it's a free-4-all on farmers: scampup.info/scamlists/agris…

Have you been scammed by /PetsPlaceZA.co.za ? #Spoof If so, please report it to SAPS, also to us: za.scampup.info/blog/report-… You may supply us with vital information to that could be used to protect fellow South Africans.

These are just some of the cases we know about, but many more victims complain, never report it. At best we're able to record about a quarter of the incidents.

A view of non-delivery fraud in South Africa. These are just cases reported to us. What follows is identity theft and extortion. Some more interesting numbers to follow. South Africa is asleep at the wheel, while European and US registrars are happy to pass the buck. @dotZADNA

If only South African authorities came down as hard on the South African #scamdemicZA as it did on CovID. One cup at a time, if at all, is not the answer in a flood.

A South African group trying hard to fight #PetScam pandemic. news24.com/news24/tech-and-t… via @News24 @brederode00 facebook.com/groups/report.p…

Shipping container industry in SA hit hard by fraud omny.fm/shows/capetalk/shipp… via @CapeTalk Worth a listen to the end.

The 2020 #CovID pandemic saw the first #scammers to exploit the pandemic came from South Africa. scamsurvivors.com/forum/view… @ScamSurvivors @Interpol put out a #PurpleNotice on #NonDeliveryFraud. It probably got lost at SAPO ...

The shocking part is that many of these criminals are involved in all of the above #scams. Yet consumers have lost trust in authorities, further aggravating the problem. All that is needed is to look at the real situation. A plot of one group ... many open SAPS cases.

Prospective pet owners are equally at the mercy of #PetScams and #IDTheft, even blackmailed. scampup.info/scamlists/petsc…

Folks seeking "cheap" housing, storage or shop are also mercilessly targeted in shipping container #scams. scampup.info/scamlists/conta…

Not even farmers are safe, also mercilessly targeted from the Cameroon and Kenya, then #scammed! Talk about Green Fields. scampup.info/scamlists/agris… @AgriSA1904 @afriforum @FarmersWeeklySA

Exploiting #LoadShedding to #scam South Africa scampup.info/scamlists/energ…

Fake RFQs #spoofing @GovernmentZA departments scampup.info/scamlists/rfq.p…

Mentioned +27622752839 Black Money #SCAM #Fraud Also violation of #CPA2008 sanilolaboratory[.]com @tucows @Afrihost

+27622752839 Black Money #SCAM #Fraud Also violation of #CPA2008 perfectlaboratory[.]co[.]za @frikkadelcoza

This is also how we mitigate cyber crime in South Africa. @CrimeSecurity @SAPoliceService @dotZADNA @ispa_za

It may seem cheap in the US, does not translate globally. Consider a pensioner saving for solar, paying petrol for a generator, family security all out of necessity, supporting 4 people on a mediocre income, yet still scrounging pennies; hosting, domains to protect consumers? 🤔

This is going to be big! scamadviser.club/

If you decide not to accept it, does ISP punitive early termination fees apply? UPay or UPay? Other ISPs the same. Upgrade the service, push up the price. Whatever happened to consumer choice, protection?