{
  "id": 16497,
  "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/social-media-is-sas-biggest-financial-scam-vehicle/8OKdWMDXxQrMbznQ",
  "title": "Social media is SA’s biggest financial scam vehicle",
  "summary": "South Africans increasingly fall victim to investment scams promoted through social media, prompting tougher protection efforts.",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "africa",
  "published_at": "2026-08-04T10:09:53.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-05T05:10:44.550Z",
  "source_slug": "x-itweb-za",
  "source_name": "ITWeb (ZA)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.itweb.co.za",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16497",
  "original_url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/social-media-is-sas-biggest-financial-scam-vehicle/8OKdWMDXxQrMbznQ",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}