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Zimbabwe Companies Registry goes digital
THE Registrar of Companies has gone digital in a move that is set to plug loopholes in the system and curb the fraudulent grabbing of companies and properties by criminals.The new electronic s...Published: 5 hrs ago | 68 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters registering fake domains including for Zimbabwe passports
A fraudster has registered http://zimpassports.online to defraud Zimbabweans who are desperate for the elusive Zimbabwean passport.According to the website https://who.is, whoever registered t...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 258 | by Jacob Mutisi
Fake e-passport agents on the prowl
THE Registrar-General's Office has warned the public to be wary of a fake website used by fraudsters to swindle online passport applicants of their hard-earned cash.The account claims to be th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zimra officer arrested
A Bulawayo man who impersonated a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and allegedly demanded a bribe from a businessman who had not paid tax has been arrested. According to a source, t...Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:47hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Zim consulate issues disclaimer on invite for virtual consular services applications call
The Consulate of the Republic of Zimbabwe has issued a disclaimer on scammer and fraudster alert fake document, bearing its letterhead and stamp inviting ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 388 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe to issue biometric title deeds
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised the residents of Epworth that he will give them biometric title deeds so as to deal with fraudsters who may print their own title deeds. He was speaki...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 13:31hrs | 2260 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police on manhunt for fake US$ conmen
CONMEN dealing in fake United States dollars were last Thursday forced to flee in a getaway vehicle in Karoi, which they later dumped during a chase by the police.The fraudsters are still on t...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Fake title deeds flood market
If you recently bought a property, are you sure it is properly registered in your name?Well, there might be need to verify this with the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Propert...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zinara launches crackdown on fake vehicle licence discs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has launched a crackdown against vehicle licensing agents issuing fake licences, and said they will be blacklisted and deregistered.Reports s...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:02hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Sheriff fired
Divorce orders obtained fraudulently by some greedy men with a view to stripping their spouses in the Diaspora of matrimonial property, are now on the increase amid reports that a Deputy Sheriff was r...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:56hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Koefman estate ownership
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is now digging into reports that some people are jostling to grab the Mbare property popularly known as "Kwa Koefman" some, 89 years after the death of the owne...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo, Stunner in nasty fight
Afro-fusion singer Andy Muridzo and rapper Stunner (real name Desmond Chideme) are currently trading barbs after a fallout over a video shoot of the song "Tichaona", a collaboration they released a co...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
e-passports fraudsters on the prowl
Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans living outside the country and needing to apply online for the recently introduced e-passport should be wary of fraudsters masquerading as employees or agents of the R...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Rhodes' estate
Groups of people are scrambling for the multi-million-dollar estate left behind by a descendant of former colonialist Cecil John Rhodes amid reports that the Registrar of Companies has so far nullifie...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses US$127 000 to property fraudster
A 44-YEAR-OLD Harare resident yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding Air Zimbabwe of US$127 000.Dzuda remanded Washington Hamunakwadi to today for trial date...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Lack of technology hampers anti-graft fight, says Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Monday said lack of technological skills and equipment was hampering efforts to fight graft.Addressing a five-day Southern Africa Development ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
SRC not budging
The Sports and Recreation Commission says while it has noted the purported suspension of the country as a member of the Fifa family, the Zifa executive committee and its general secretary remain suspe...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans now big players in UK fraud scams
Another set of Zimbabweans caught and convicted in another United Kingdom (UK) Credit card fraud scam this week!"With the growth of internet usage worldwide, the UK has become a target destina...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:46hrs | 2959 | by Jacob Mutisi ICT EXPERT
Man in court over US$19K housing stand scam
A 50-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza resident yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with defrauding a desperate homeseeker of US$19 000.Shepherd Munemo appeared before magistrate Yeu...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Caf demands Zifa board reinstatement
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) insists that it will not back down on its decision to suspend the Zifa board despite the Confederation of African Football (Caf) calling for the reinstatemen...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 19:52hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: America panics over ZANU PF...funds #OperationDudula
As Zimbabwe continues to neutralize the 22 year illegal USA sponsored sanctions propelling the Americans into a frustration mode, a despairing America is turning to ex-convicts, fraudsters, gold digge...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 17:13hrs | 6914 | by Nathaniel Sibanda
Zimbabweans convicted over identity and credit card fraud in the UK
A gang of fraudsters targeted rural County Durham addresses in order to intercept their post and steal identities.The five men, some of whom are refugees from Zimbabwe, stole post and got hold...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 07:17hrs | 3419 | by Staff reporter
Waverley Plastics' majority shareholder Amanda Cohen acquitted
Waverley Plastics majority shareholder Amanda Berkowitz nee Cohen has been aquitted of trumped up assault charges by a Mbare magistrate Nyasha Vitorini on...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 12:09hrs | 1278 | by Paul Ndou
Vehicle fraudster arrested
A-28 year old Chitungwiza man today appeared before Mbare magistrate Nyasha Vhitorini facing one count of theft of trust property involving US$4 700, and fraud charges involving US$ 2 000 after ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Female fraudster arrested over US$11 380
A SUSPECTED Harare female fraudster, Memory Mugabe, yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding a homeseeker of US$11 380 in a residential stand scam.Mugabe (42) ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Pair faces 40 fraud counts involving $500m
TWO Cashflow Finance Services Company officials yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate facing 40 counts of fraud involving $500 million.Maxwell Takawane (27) and Maxwell Mhondiwa (24) a...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:33hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Title deed fraudsters on the prowl, Check if you still own your property
If you own a vacant or an unoccupied property in Zimbabwe my suggestion is verify if you still own that property. With the Zimbabwean property market being dominated by absent buyers, due to over four...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 23:34hrs | 367 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'No to illegal parcelling out of communal land'
TRADITIONAL leaders in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province have warned people who bought communal land in the area in 2021 under unclear circumstances that they are in possession of illegal prop...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters hit Zimbabwe Exemption Permit visa seekers
DESPERATE attempts by some Zimbabweans in South Africa to clandestinely acquire special work permits are reportedly backfiring amid reports that many are being conned to believe they will be assisted ...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:39hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Urban home-seekers invade rural area land
The rising cost of land in urban centres such as Harare has pushed desperate home seekers to invade adjacent rural areas, which are now experiencing increasing pressure on demand for social services....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Traders face uncertain future as demolitions surge
AROUND mid-day at a shopping strip called Gazaland in Harare's Highfield high-density suburb, a mustard yellow tractor roars through a warren of small businesses, razing everything in its path....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:34hrs | 42 | by Linda Mujuru/Evidence Chenjerai
Bogus lawyer dupes client US$3 000
A SERIAL fraudster who masqueraded as a lawyer was on Friday arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after duping several people that unknowingly requested for legal services from him....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 18:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fake army procurement officer on the prowl
A man posing as a military procurement officer robbed 12 companies of Z$6.3 million (about US$60,000) in an elaborate fraud, police said on Monday.Claiming to be a Sergeant Muriro from Lookout...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Serial fraudster in court for conning land seekers
A SUSPECTED serial fraudster was on Saturday arraigned before the courts after he allegedly duped several unsuspecting land seekers of their money in Harare.Rodgers Kasiya (45) who was represe...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blacklist for tender cheats
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is looking at blacklisting tender cheats despite improvements in the processes that have seen all suppliers having to be vetted before they are allowed t...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Company loses $3,3m to fraudster in fuel deal
A HARARE woman has been arraigned to court for allegedly swindling a local firm of US$3 million in a botched fuel supply dealThe deal involved 30 000 litres of diesel.The suspect, Chen...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters demand sex for jobs from desperate women
JOB-SEEKERS in Bulawayo beware of being duped by fraudsters, who are playing to your need for a job by demanding money (and sex from women) in return for employment.The conmen are reportedly u...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:59hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive R10m fraudster nabbed, faces extradition
CORDIAL relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa have led to the arrest of a fugitive who swindled a South African company of over R10 million, jumped bail and later sneaked into Zimbabwe where he ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:51hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Car dealer loses US$40K to fraudster
A HARARE businessman lost US$40 000 to a fraudster in a botched vehicle clearance deal.The issue was heard yesterday by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi when the accused, Maganga Robert Pembed...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Residents lose US$18 000 to Ponzi scheme
POLICE have arrested a fraudster for allegedly duping residents of money amounting to US$18 300 in a Ponzi scheme.In their Twitter page, police said Farai Chingombe tricked residents of Hwange...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears currency crisis may trigger social uprising
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on foreign currency traders in the volatile market amid growing fears of an exchange rate-driven economic meltdown, The...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bitcoin pyramid scheme collapses
INNOCENT Matongo, a Zimbabwean expatriate worker based in Boksburg, South Africa is ruing the day he decided to latch on to a get-rich-quick scheme.After investing thousands of United States d...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Kafe
$243k Zupco Ecocash fraudster arrested
A BULAWAYO man was arrested for fraud after he allegedly swindled the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) of ZW$243 000 in an EcoCash deal. Pride Tinomuda Muzenda (28) of Nguboyenja sub...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Company loses ZW$2 million goods to fraudster
A local retail outlet, Brand Port Private Limited, is counting losses after it gave away goods worth $1 777 814 to a suspected fraudster after being shown a fake bank transfer.This followed a ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musorowegomo Mukosi loses cash to mine pegger
FORMeR broadcaster Musorowegomo Mukosi who has ventured into farming and mining allegedly lost US$1 600 to fraudsters who had promised to register three blocks of mines in Odzi district, Manicaland in...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Poland visa agent' fraudster nabbed
A HARARE fraudster yesterday appeared before magistrate Judith Taruvinga after she allegedly conned a couple claiming that she was a travel agent and could facilitate visas acquisition for them to tra...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt serial real estate fraudster
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a bogus real estate agent who allegedly fleeced members of the public, including the late businessman Ernest Tekere of Home Guard Security Services of ab...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2 bogus cops arrested
Two people who were masquerading as police officers have been arrested in separate incidents in Harare after they were found extorting money from pirate taxi drivers and a suspected ‘fraudster'....Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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