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  "id": 864576,
  "title": "South Africans’ street smarts blunt AI-enabled fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-africans-street-smarts-blunt-ai-enabled-fraud",
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  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-14T10:10:47.000Z",
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  "summary": "The high crime rate and low internet penetration make South Africans wary of AI scams.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCentral",
        "title": "AI fraud is outrunning South African banking defences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/ai-fraud-is-outrunning-south-african-banking-defences",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:07:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}