The number of Seychellois being affected by online scams and fraud on Facebook has increased over the past two years, a top official of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said on Monday.
The director of FIU, Philip Moustache, said that 10 cases have been recorded in 2018 compared with nine cases in all of 2017.
“At least every week we are getting new cases where people are being defrauded. A lot of cases have been reported verbally and have not been put on record as the victims are scared for some reason,” said Moustache in an interview with the press.
The Financial Intelligence Unit revealed that a total of R18 million rupees ($1….
Source: Seychelles News Agency
