{"id":7450,"date":"2025-06-20T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=7450"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:34:42","slug":"transport-ministry-warns-public-about-cvr-impersonation-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=7450","title":{"rendered":"Transport Ministry Warns Public About CVR Impersonation Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Harare Correspondent<br>HARARE \u2014 The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has issued an urgent warning about a surge in online fraudsters impersonating Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) officials to scam unsuspecting citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fraudsters Target Vehicle Owners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ministry, criminals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soliciting illegal online payments for vehicle registration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering fake number plate and driver&#8217;s licence processing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructing victims to deposit money into personal accounts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promising direct CVR document collection after payment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The CVR does not solicit direct online payments to individual accounts,&#8221; emphasized a ministry spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These are fraudulent schemes preying on the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Official Channels Clarified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CVR clarified its legitimate operations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Its online booking platform only manages backlog driver&#8217;s licence appointments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The platform does not require any payments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All vehicle registration payments must be made in-person at CVR offices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Any payment requests through our booking platform are scams,&#8221; stated a CVR representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Urged to Stay Vigilant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry provided these safety guidelines:<br>\u2714\ufe0f Verify transactions through official emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dclvrt1@gmail.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hrtcv2@gmail.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>registrarcvr@gmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f Report suspicious activity to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Local CVR offices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Never transfer money to personal accounts or unverified agents,&#8221; warned the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Visit our offices for all legitimate transactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are investigating the scams as reports of victims losing money continue to surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92025<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare CorrespondentHARARE \u2014 The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has issued an urgent warning about a surge in online fraudsters impersonating Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) officials to scam unsuspecting&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7452,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions\/7452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}