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Long arm of the law catches up with 'ancestral' scamster

Summary by Sunday World
The Serious Commercial Crime Investigation of the Hawks in East London, National Prosecutions Authority, Movement Control and the South African Police Service at OR Tambo International Airport have struck a major blow against a decade-old “ancestral” scam that allegedly defrauded a victim of over R1.27-million. William Matyuba (39) allegedly hoodwinked the complainant, a school teacher, that her ancestors were instructing her to resign from work…
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Sunday World broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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