Guardian Fund hit hard by fraud: "THE Guardian Fund, which administers deceased estates on behalf of minor children, has lost nearly N$1 million over the past year to fraudulent claims.
These usually involve so-called 'tracing agents' targeting especially beneficiaries of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Master of the High Court Elsie Beukes warned yesterday.
'The Master of the High Court's office does not, under any circumstances, make use of tracing agents, or have any other offices than those in Windhoek,' she said.
Neither does her office require any upfront payments from would-be beneficiaries, Beukes said in an interview."
These usually involve so-called 'tracing agents' targeting especially beneficiaries of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Master of the High Court Elsie Beukes warned yesterday.
'The Master of the High Court's office does not, under any circumstances, make use of tracing agents, or have any other offices than those in Windhoek,' she said.
Neither does her office require any upfront payments from would-be beneficiaries, Beukes said in an interview."