\n \t\t\t \t\t\t
![\"nm](\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/c0548_1495250623.jpg\")
<\/p>\n \t
\n \t\t\t \t\t\t <\/p>\n
INLSA<\/p>\n
Two con artists lie on the ground after being arrested in a sting operation in Durban. Picture: Bongani Mbatha<\/p>\n
\n
\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t <\/p>\n
Lungelo Mkamba <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Two men linked to a multimillion-rand scam syndicate were arrested in a sting operation by the Hawks yesterday. <\/p>\n
Colonel Michael Khumalo, of the Hawks\u2019 anti-corruption unit, said the syndicate operated throughout the country. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey advertise in newspapers that if you give them R30 000, they can make you R400 000 richer in 10 days,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Khumalo said that the Hawks had received information about the men\u2019s operation on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n
He had called the men, pretending to be a potential client, and had scheduled a meeting near the old Durban International Airport for yesterday morning. <\/p>\n
The national intervention unit was called to be on standby to arrest them. <\/p>\n
The men showed up and, after giving some details to Khumalo, who was dressed in civilian clothes, armed members of the intervention unit swooped in and arrested them. <\/p>\n
The men\u2019s cellphones showed that amounts of R70 000, R500 000 and R900 000 had been deposited into their various bank accounts. <\/p>\n
The police also recovered a bank card and receipts that the men had issued to people they had scammed. <\/p>\n
\u201cTheir cellphones show that money had been deposited into their accounts since 2010, which is worrying,\u201d said Khumalo. \u201cPolice will now investigate their bank accounts, homes and cellphone transactions.\u201d <\/p>\n
Khumalo said he believed the men were also part of a syndicate that sent e-mails and SMSes congratulating people on winning large amounts of money. <\/p>\n
However, they ask you to deposit R20 000 for bank charges before you can claim the prize. <\/p>\n
Khumalo added that more arrests could be made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INLSA Two con artists lie on the ground after being arrested in a sting operation in Durban. Picture: Bongani Mbatha Lungelo Mkamba Two men linked to a multimillion-rand scam syndicate were arrested in a sting operation by the Hawks yesterday. Colonel Michael Khumalo, of the Hawks\u2019 anti-corruption unit, said the syndicate operated throughout the country. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-6560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}