Covid-19 economic fallout sees rise in `walking dead` insurance scams
(World News South Africa)

Johannesburg – The walking dead wander among us, they live and breathe and try their damndest to keep one step ahead of the law. These are no zombies - this is the nickname in the insurance industry for those people who either fake their own deaths or don`t know that someone has “killed” them off for financial gain. And with the economic fallout from the Covid 19 epidemic, the numbers of the walking dead appear to be increasing, as are other false insurance claims and scams. “We are seeing across the board, people are faking retirement claims, disability claims, retrenchment, credit loss and life cover. And we`re seeing a variety of either false death claims, where I am claiming on my...