Advance Fee in South Africa

9 advance fee cases reported in South Africa. Below: real examples, the platforms scammers use locally, and where to report.

Platforms used

📱 Instagram 3
📱 Whatsapp 3
📱 Telegram 1
📱 Tiktok 1

Recent cases in South Africa

[EU] Scam attempt - my phone number on a scammers FB account Hi everyone, I got this whatsapp message from a „verified“ business account that named itself facebook. Clearly a scam account, no question...

2026-05-15

Scam - Facebook account? Hi everyone, I got this whatsapp message from a „verified“ business account that named itself facebook. Clearly a scam account, no question. The message was something along th...

2026-05-15

[COL] Got scammed by a Colombian escort site “prepagos.com” – warning and how the scam works Hi everyone, I wanted to share an experience I had a while ago with a Colombian escort website called “prep...

2026-05-09

[EU] So this plugandproject.com site scammed me for 100€. I guess there’s nothing I can do about this. The bank says they can’t return my money unless the site gives them permission. So I just wanna v...

2026-04-25

US Scam Alert — Fake Payment Portal http://sethassetspay.info Seth Assets Pay I want to share this for awareness so nobody else gets tricked. Someone named George Charles contacted me on telegram for ...

2026-02-19

[US]Common lottery scams and how to protect yourself Lottery scams are everywhere right now. Here’s what you should look out for: The main warning signs are easy to spot once you know what to look for...

2026-02-16

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