Investment Fraud in South Africa

24 investment fraud cases reported in South Africa. Below: real examples, the platforms scammers use locally, and where to report.

Platforms used

📱 Instagram 10
📱 Whatsapp 4
📱 Email 1
📱 Facebook 1
📱 Telegram 1

Recent cases in South Africa

[US] WARNING: Rise Up Marketing is rebranding to Truly Infinite Marketing (Devil Corp / Scam) WARNING Rise Up Marketing is a pyramid scheme operating under the guise of a charity marketing firm. They ...

2026-05-27

Birkenstock scam(?) items are being sent to my house. I got an email earlier from Birkenstock confirming an order of a couple small items plus two $250 electronic gift cards, which were sent to an ema...

2026-05-15

[US] "FCC" Called me SS compromised? Scammers called me saying they were the FCC, "a phone number from My carrier has been contacting people regarding crypto and stock scams". If i ever answer the pho...

2026-04-27

Scam invesment site This website impersonates the identity of a real bank (that does b2b payments) to lure people into fake investments: [https://bcircle.co/home](https://bcircle.co/home) It is ...

2026-03-20

[ Removed by moderator ] A friend invited me to join a program that requires a $100 upfront payment via cryptocurrency. The only way to earn is by recruiting others, and commissions depend on people y...

2026-02-05

[US] Is BG Wealth Share LTD an actual investment company or a scam? My girlfriend’s grandma just informed me she was involved in, from what I could make out to be a “pyramid scheme” but I’m not sure a...

2025-12-23

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