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Pensioner loses P30,000 to KYC phone scam

Pensioner
Pensioner

A 60-year-old man from Mahalapye has fallen victim to a phone scam, losing P30,000 to a fraudster who impersonated a bank official.

According to police, the incident occurred on Friday when the pensioner received a call from an individual claiming to be from Standard Chartered Bank. The caller allegedly informed him that his Know Your Customer (KYC) details had not been updated, prompting the unsuspecting man to share his banking information.

Whilst still on the call, the victim received a notification that P20,000 had been transferred from his account. Moments later, an additional P4,000 was withdrawn, leaving him alarmed and confused.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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