As a supporter of bitcoin, I’d like to know if the companies I work with support this technology. Following on from my previous blog…
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First National Bank (FNB) – How Can We Unbank You?
First National Bank (FNB) was once known as a model of innovation, but the bank has recently been at odds with this approach. Their…
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Bitcoin stealing malware that hijacks crypto addresses
On Monday, 14 March 2022 a friend contacted me. He had sent 0.255 bitcoin from a wallet on the Kraken exchange to VALR. Working…
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How to apply for a South African Smart Card ID at a bank branch
Recently my wife wanted to get a new identity document (ID). We were married in 2018 and she (voluntarily) changed her surname at the…
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Can my car insurance force me to use their authorised repairer?
I recently had to submit a claim to my motor vehicle insurance company. The insurance company quickly approved the claim and said that everything…
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MTI – The Missing Pieces
On Friday, 7 January it was announced that Johann Steynberg, the fugitive CEO of Mirror Trading International (MTI) had been arrested in Brazil on…
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How Africrypt became the next big crypto scam
Imagine a child prodigy and early bitcoin adopter starting a company from his bedroom in 2013. Then his brother joins forces with him in…
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Caught in the crossfire – Scams, scammers and the scammed
A big chunk of my attention has been sucked into tracking a scam since 2019. Not because I invested any money in it but…
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Free articles for your website or spam scam?
On Tuesday 16 March 2021, I received this message via my website’s contact form. The message is well-written and didn’t trigger any spam filters.…
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Can WhatsApp really steal your data?
WhatsApp recently bungled their terms and conditions update as covered in my recent The Great WhatsApp Trek article. Following the uproar and exodus of…