The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) says over GH\u00a2296,000 was lost between January and June 2026 because of restaurant and food-vendor impersonation scams.<\/p>\n
In a Public Alert on Facebook, CSA said: \u201cBetween January and June this year, the CSA recorded 112 cases from vendors and customers, up from 61 over the same period\u00a0in 2025,\u00a0with financial losses\u00a0arising\u00a0from GHC84,592 to GHC 296, 083.68.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has therefore asked the public to verify restaurant and food vendor contact detail through their official websites, verified social media pages, or trusted food delivery platforms before placing orders.<\/p>\n
It also urged the public to be cautious of payment requests through unfamiliar links.<\/p>\n
\u201cInsist on payment after delivery and inspection. Never share your mobile money pin, OTP, Banking credentials or other personal information on any website with any individual and do not approve payment prompts you did not initiate,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
The CSA\u00a0said that\u00a0people should confirm payment instructions directly with the restaurant or vendor using independently verified contact details and regularly\u00a0monitor\u00a0mobile money accounts for unauthorised transactions and report any suspicious activity quickly.<\/p>\n
The CSA\u00a0indicated\u00a0that it had\u00a0been tracking a \u201cgrowing scam\u201d in which cybercriminals create and, in some cases, alter the contact details of legitimate restaurants and food vendors on Google Search, Google Maps, and other online platforms to trick unsuspecting customers.<\/p>\n
The Authority explained that some fraudsters\u00a0create\u202for\u00a0alter the contact details of legitimate food suppliers on various search handles by abusing the \u201csuggest an edit\u201d feature claiming \u201cunclaimed business profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
The also create duplicate fraudulent listing by replacing genuine phone numbers with fake ones.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn some cases, the fraudsters\u00a0purchase\u00a0sponsored search advertisement to make the fraudulent details appear at the top of the search of search results.<\/p>\n
Customers unknowingly contact the fraudster, believing they are communicating with the legitimate restaurant or vendor,\u201d the CSA said.<\/p>\n
The CSA\u00a0also said\u00a0some customers\u00a0were\u00a0also instructed to pay through a fraudulent link,\u00a0purportedly for\u00a0order confirmation or payment process\u00a0and warned the public to stay alert.<\/p>\n
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The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) says over GH\u00a2296,000 was lost between January and June 2026 because of restaurant and food-vendor impersonation scams. In a Public Alert on Facebook, CSA said: \u201cBetween January and June this year, the CSA recorded 112 cases from vendors and customers, up from 61 over the same period\u00a0in 2025,\u00a0with financial losses\u00a0arising\u00a0from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":17220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5409],"class_list":["post-17219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-csa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17221,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions\/17221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}