Tag: Fraud

Equity Bank Kenya has confirmed that one of its customers suffered a loss after her email account was compromised and ...

Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, has found itself yet again facing fraud allegations. Kled, a 4-month-old startup that buys data ...

Rwanda’s investigation into a major fraud at Equity Bank has intensified, with 35 suspects in custody and forensic teams examining ...

More cybercriminals have been arrested in Kenya in a collaborative operation between local and international law enforcement agencies. From December ...

Twitter (or what the cool kids call "X") is not just a playground for keyboard warriors. Sometimes you get some ...

Corporate security in Kenya is undergoing a major transformation. Instead of waiting for things to go wrong, companies are investing ...

Scammers are back to take advantage of Kenyans’ love for the men’s national football team. With the Harambee Stars set ...

The continent of Africa is facing a rise in cybercrime activities, and Kenya is right at the centre of this ...

Nigerian authorities have accused four Kenyan nationals of participating in an online fraud scheme, leading to a warrant for their ...

A recent study by Visa indicates that 71% of Kenyan consumers have encountered digital fraud, the highest exposure rate in ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has shown significant growth in financial inclusion over the past decade. Much of this growth has been driven ...

A US federal court has ordered Nigerian businessman, Dozy Mmobuosi, to pay more than $250 million in fines and barred ...

AI is the new buzzword in town. Indeed, Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world. The last two decades have ...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has been found guilty of fraud and conspiracy by a ...

Kenya’s biggest telecommunication company Safaricom let go of 33 members of staff in the financial year ended in March 2023. ...

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a sim swap fraudster. The fraudster was arrested by DCI officers based ...

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has warned Kenyans not to call back any international numbers they don’t recognize. Announcing ...

It has emerged that fintech services are becoming even more popular in Africa. This follows an assessment put together by ...

Online fraud attempts increased by 30% in the first half of 2022. This is according to Smile Identity, a pan-African identity ...

Alright. People have been subjected to a new con game where fraudsters use Safaricom’s 072200000 line to reach out to ...

A couple of weeks ago, ecommerce giant made headlines by listing in the New York Stock Exchange. It was a ...

Ever since it was brought to the public attention that there are scammers out there swapping people's SIM cards and ...

There's nothing as scary as realizing that you are under attack and there's really nothing you can do about it, ...

When someone promises you a quick and easy way to get money, our natural instinct as human beings is to ...

An audit report by Patrick Masika has revealed that senior managers at the ICT Authority colluded with a private bank ...

Mail fraud has been going on for sometime now. And to some extent the fraudsters are successful. They range from ...