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We urge the public to be cautious and not fall prey to these scammers,&#8217; the unit said.<\/p>\n<p>The unit said it will take legal action against those impersonating its members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Adv. Mothibi and the SIU staff members will never ask any member of the public for funds, especially for bribery or to make investigations disappear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The SIU will not hesitate to take legal action against anyone impersonating the SIU and its staff members,&#8217; the SIU said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has warned the public not to fall for a scam involving the impersonation of SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, and other members of the unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The scammers are trying to solicit funds from members of the public in t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Public warned against SIU impersonation scam - 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