{"id":8457,"date":"2025-10-24T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:30:06","slug":"press-statement-21-october-2025-wanted-person-sought-for-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 21 OCTOBER\u00a02025 &#8211; WANTED PERSON SOUGHT FOR FRAUD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information which may assist to locate Tranos Taurai Muzanenhamo who is being sought in connection with several cases of fraudulent SIM replacements and hacking involving USD 17 009. 50 and ZWG\u00a0<a href=\"callto:30%20665%20912.%2030\">30 665 912. 30<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly gathered personal information about the victims such as their names, phone numbers through various means like phishing, data breaches, or accessing public records. He used social engineering tactics to bypass security questions. Subsequently, he would then contact the victims\u2019 mobile service provider, impersonating the victims before requesting a SIM card replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Once the SIM swap had been approved, he would activate the new SIM card resulting in the deactivation of the victim&#8217;s phone service and unauthorized access to their personal data.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the suspect withdrew cash from the victims\u2019 mobile account wallets and banks through digital banking. Further, he would take control of the victims\u2019 WhatsApp accounts before requesting cash from the victims\u2019 contacts.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information which may lead to the arrest of the suspect should contact the National Complaints Desk on\u00a0<a href=\"callto:(0242)%2070%203631\">(0242) 70 3631<\/a>\u00a0or WhatsApp on 0712 800197 or on website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/\">www.zrp.gov.zw<\/a>\u00a0or report at any nearest Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(NYATHI. P) Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Chief Staff Officer (Press and Public Relations)<\/p>\n<p>to the Commissioner-General of Police<\/p>\n<p>Police General Headquarters<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information which may assist to locate Tranos Taurai Muzanenhamo who is being sought in connection with several cases of fraudulent SIM replacements and hacking involving USD 17 009. 50 and ZWG\u00a030 665 912. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 21 OCTOBER\u00a02025 - WANTED PERSON SOUGHT FOR FRAUD - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 21 OCTOBER\u00a02025 - WANTED PERSON SOUGHT FOR FRAUD - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information which may assist to locate Tranos Taurai Muzanenhamo who is being sought in connection with several cases of fraudulent SIM replacements and hacking involving USD 17 009. 50 and ZWG\u00a030 665 912. 30.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-24T07:30:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\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\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457\",\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 21 OCTOBER\u00a02025 - WANTED PERSON SOUGHT FOR FRAUD - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-24T07:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-24T07:30:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8457#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 21 OCTOBER\u00a02025 &#8211; 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