{"id":39529,"date":"2023-01-27T22:32:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T22:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers"},"modified":"2023-01-27T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T23:16:15","slug":"police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest mobile money scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobile money accounts. One of the suspects is an employee of TNM-Crossroads service center.<\/p>\n

He is Mustafa Timothy Misolo, 26, and his accomplice is Phonex Afiki, 32, is a resident of area 23. A statement signed by Lilongwe police spokesperson, Foster Benjamin, says so far they are handling complaints from six people that the two may have duped.<\/p>\n

Our police sources say from three file reviews so far, over K6m was allegedly swindled. The source has linked the suspects to a syndicate of supply of mobile sim-cards to inmates at Zomba maximum security prison.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobile money accounts. One of the suspects is an employee of TNM-Crossroads service center. He is Mustafa Timothy Misolo, 26, and his accomplice is Phonex Afiki, 32, is a resident of area 23. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-39529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice arrest mobile money scammers - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest mobile money scammers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1008\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest mobile money scammers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\",\"name\":\"Police arrest mobile money scammers - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":1008,\"caption\":\"Police arrest mobile money scammers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police arrest mobile money scammers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police arrest mobile money scammers - Malawi","description":"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police arrest mobile money scammers","og_description":"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":1008,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Police arrest mobile money scammers","datePublished":"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers"},"wordCount":128,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers","name":"Police arrest mobile money scammers - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-27T22:32:15+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-27T23:16:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested two men on allegations that they swindled people of K6 million from their mobil ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674846147.72.jpg","width":720,"height":1008,"caption":"Police arrest mobile money scammers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/police-arrest-mobile-money-scammers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police arrest mobile money scammers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}