{"id":77108,"date":"2026-03-30T22:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/phantom-withdrawals-mobile-money-fraudsters-ruining-lives"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:32:36","slug":"phantom-withdrawals-mobile-money-fraudsters-ruining-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/phantom-withdrawals-mobile-money-fraudsters-ruining-lives","title":{"rendered":"Phantom withdrawals: Mobile money fraudsters ruining lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The notification came in an instant. A customer had just withdrawn money using his agent code, the screen of the phone said so.<\/p>\n<p>He paid the money without having a second thought; just another routine transaction in a long day of business.<\/p>\n<p>Precious Chikaonda from Chinsapo in Lilongwe says his business collapsed because of that one transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The notification came in an instant. A customer had just withdrawn money using his agent code, the screen of the phone said so. He paid the money without having a second thought; just another routine transaction in a long day of business. Precious Chikaonda from Chinsapo in Lilongwe says his business collapsed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-77108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phantom withdrawals: Mobile money fraudsters ruining lives - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The notification came in an instant. 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