Mali, Mauritania and Eritrea become the latest locations for online maritime fraud
- Mali has replaced Eswatini as an entirely new fake shipping register with at least one sanctioned tanker joining
- Eritrea’s government has issued a seafarer document fraud warning as fake verification scams multiply
- A fake Mauritanian government website has recently emerged, offering fraudulent seafarer certification services
Fraudulent ship registries and seafarer certification websites purporting to represent entirely fake government entities are multiplying across Africa, with at least three new scams uncovered by Lloyd’s List this week
