South Africans will now need to be vigilant and report any suspicious calls to the police, as a new scam is circulating.
This follows a warning from the Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, about a scam in which victims receive calls from perpetrators claiming they have been paid to kill them and demanding money to save their lives.
Earlier this year, the Western Cape Multi-disciplinary Kidnapping Task Team arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly staging his own kidnapping.
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