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“If it is fake, it is not news” – Snr. Journalist Senior journalist and media manager, Dr. Alhaji Sadick Abubabkar has urged journalists to disregard the infamous phrase “fake news”, as he contends there is no such thing as fake news. According to him, once the information is fake, it does not qualify to be … Read more
Leading media conglomerate, Media General, operators of TV3, 3FM, Onua FM, Connect FM, Akoma FM and MG Digital (www.3news.com) are holding a public forum as part of activities marking this year’s World Press Freedom Day. The forum, which is centered around ‘Fake News’ in journalism, comes off Wednesday, May 2 at the International Press Center … Read more
Zylofon Events, the arm responsible for organising events for Zylofon Media, has cautioned that a Twitter account announcing an upcoming ‘Zylofon Awards’ is fake. “The imposters behind the fake account have fraudulently used the official Zylofon brand image, fonts and colours in their public deceit and we find this conduct unacceptable,” Zylofon Event said in … Read more
What qualifies as cheating? It’s an age-old question, one with myriad answers which vary depending on who you’re talking to and how much extra-marital canoodling you’re willing to dismiss as inconsequential. However, there’s more to infidelity than the obvious offenders, such as sleeping with someone else. For some people, it could be a case of … Read more
A 30-year-old Ghanaian-US based Promoter of King of Ghana Rap Sarkodie, and events organizer, Terry Frimpong has been arrested for an alleged $250,000 credit card fraud according to mycentraljersey Terry Frempong-Masson was arrested and charged with using fraudulent means to steal more than $250,000 worth of film equipment. The Ghanaian Promoter whose business is to fly Ghanaian … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied authoring several posts on Facebook attributed to him on social media. The office of the former president in a statement said Mr. Rawlings has only one official Facebook account https://web.facebook.com/President. J.J.Rawlings/, rejecting several publications by fraudulent persons on some Facebook pages attributed to him. “All other Facebook accounts or … Read more
Ghxclusives.com is one of the hottest and most popular music websites in Ghana. It mainly offers latest hiplife and hipop music audios, videos and lyrics from Nigerian, Ghanaian and other African musicians. Other songs on the site range from gospel and instrumentals, down to latest Jamaican dance hall music. Also See: How to Bet and … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has warned workers in the public service to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who have devised new strategies to defraud them. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police said the fraudsters pose as staff of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to lure unsuspecting public sector workers to … Read more
CNN has accused Donald Trump of “encouraging violence against reporters”, after the President tweeted a video of him wrestling a man with the TV network’s logo over his face. On Sunday, the US President shared edited footage of him slamming WWE owner Vince McMahon to the ground and striking his head, with the CNN logo … Read more
Sadiatou used to be a well-off trader of traditional cloth at the market in Benin’s economic hub of Cotonou but now sells school equipment from the doorstep of her home. In 2010 she sank more than five million CFA francs ($8,700, 7,600 euros) into an investment scheme that promised a quick profit. “It’s a deposit … Read more
A man who invaded a pizzeria in the US capital firing an assault rifle, after fake news reports of a child smuggling ring, was given a four-year prison sentence Thursday. Washington federal district court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gave Edgar Maddison Welch close to the maximum term sought by prosecutors for the December 5 “pizzagate” … Read more
The worst thing for buyers who are looking for an apartment is fraud. Today there are quite a lot of fraudulent schemes, and from time to time the new ones appear. In this post we will reveal a number of more or less known fraudulent schemes, so you are ready to distinguish them when signing … Read more
Information available to Today shows that some Chinese and Ghanaian illegal miners operating in some mining communities in the country were not only involved in illegal mining, but also into money counterfeiting. According to our investigations, these Chinese and Ghanaian galamseyers who operated in Akim Achiase in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region … Read more
When media houses capture stories like “massive transfer hit YEA after payroll fraud” and published the name of affected staff, you create the impression like those affected were the ones involved in the fraud. Thus if there is a fraud, how come people with Ezwich numbers turned into ghost. Then the managers of the Ezwich … Read more
US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US’ closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. The FBI recently sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari government investigate the alleged hacking incident, … Read more
Forty (40) selected officers of the police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the Ashanti Region have undergone training to efficiently handle mobile money fraud cases. This was jointly organized by the e-crime Bureau and mobile telecommunication network (MTN), a leading telecommunication company in Ghana. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ken Yeboah, the Regional Commander, said … Read more
A cyber crime expert has revealed 50 per cent of mobile money subscribers in Ghana have either been defrauded or targeted by scammers. Principal Consultant at Electronic Crime Bureau, Albert Antwi-Boasiako, says stakeholders must join forces to curb the menace and related crimes. He says the inability of police to thoroughly investigate electronic-related cases and … Read more
Three Nigerian internet fraudsters who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been handed down huge sentences by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions of dollars from their schemes. Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was given 115 years and Femi Alexander … Read more
General public has been asked to be extra careful about activities of a vehicle fraudsters The Ghana Police Service is cautioning the public against the activities of a vehicle fraud syndicate team operating across the country. One of their main methods of operation is to advertise on online marketing sites. The fraudsters would also usually … Read more