A new scam taking advantage of vulnerable job seekers is emerging in South Africa.
There has been an increase in criminals taking advantage of unsuspecting job seekers in South Africa, says Lettie-Basani Phume, executive of group human capital at Momentum Metropolitan.
According to Momentum, fake Facebook and Twitter profiles often include copied photographs and accurate biography details of the person they are impersonating, making the con that much more believable. The most recent employment data from Statistics South Africa under the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2022 indicates that 32.9% of South Africans are unemployed.
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