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Inside Sierra Leone’s WhatsApp Takeover Scam: How Hackers Defraud Victims
Publisher report1 reportUpdated 23 Aug 2026, 10:51 pmroutine · 20/100
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When Isatu Sesay received a message inviting her to an online church prayer meeting, she did not know it was the start of an experience that would cost her access to the phone number she had used for more than 20 years. Isatu, who is the Advertising Manager at Concord Times, said the message asked [...] The post Inside Sierra Leone’s WhatsApp Takeover Scam: How Hackers Defraud Victims appeared first on Sierraloaded.
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