A journalist has revealed how he turned the tables on an online fraudster by pretending to play ball with him.
Maynard Manyowa responded to a spam email promising him untold riches – and his detective work ended up being able to pass on details of a suspicious bank account to the authorities.
“But that did not scare away a Nigerian scammer who stormed into my private messages armed with a seemingly disarming profile – a young woman using the name Kimone Mattis Investments.”