Police warns people of scams doing rounds on Social Media platforms

Police warns people of scams doing rounds on social media platforms

The police in Mpumalanga are warning the public to exercise careful thoughts to avoid falling into prey to various social media scams as there is an upsurge of criminality involving these platforms.

During this period, a number of people experience difficult economic challenges in their lives and this situation present a window opportunity to criminals to look for available measures with a view to scam unsuspecting individuals of their hard earned cash. Truth be told that criminals would take any available opportunity and use it to their evil advantage to lure victims and swindle their cash.

The police have been warning people to be vigilant about these criminals in a sheep skin who pose themselves as potential employers or sales persons sailing under false colours on social media. This comes after victims of social media came forward to report incidents at which they were conned in separate incidents by charlatans. Reports suggest that victims would be encouraged to deposit cash into these "bogus employers or fake sales representatives. These are merely heart breaking criminals who take advantage of people who are desperate or lacks information.

Police would like to warn members of the community to desist from paying money to dubious people who promise them lucrative favours in a form of employment or business deals because there are no jobs for sale. Legitimate job opportunities do not require an upfront payment for administration purposes or any other means. The police take this opportunity to categorically condemn the tendencies of these faceless criminals as it is evil and often rob victims of their last cent.
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