The match-fixing shadow over the African Nations Cup lengthened here Saturday with Namibia revealing they were approached to 'throw' their next game against Guinea.
The players were reportedly offered 30,000 dollars each from a man claiming to represent a betting syndicate.
The team, who have no hope of making the quarter-finals after defeats to Ghana and Morocco, alerted their national football association president John Muinjo who has passed the matter on to the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
This is the second reported incident of attempted match rigging in Ghana following Benin coach Reinhard Fabisch's claim that he had been approached by a Singapore-based syndicate last Saturday.
CAF official Soulemine Habouba told AFP: "Our disciplinary body is investigating the Benin case and in the other we are waiting for details from Namibia before starting an official inquiry."
He added: "Match-fixing is not a rampant problem in Africa, betting is something new."
Muinjo was quick to praise the Namibia players for contacting him.
"I'm very proud that my players came to see me straight away," he told the BBC.
"I warned them about the impact accepting these sorts of offers could have on their careers. They are a team who believe in fair play."
Explaining the circumstances of the approach he reported: "My players were approached by a man saying he represented a syndicate and offered them money to lose the game (which takes place on January 28).
"The players came to me immediately to tell me and we've informed CAF of what has happened.
"The players were offered up to 30,000 dollars to lose the game.
"They were offered half in advance but told they had to be able during the game to manipulate the score on the instructions of the syndicate."
The Namibia case bears striking similarities with the first incident involving Benin.
Their German-born coach said a man came up to him at the team hotel in Sekondi last Saturday, two days before the Squirrels were beaten 1-0 by Mali in their opening Group B fixture.
Fabisch, who says he is passing on details of the incident to CAF, said the man had told him he represented a company based in Singapore which could fix games across Africa.
"I was astonished that he had the guts to approach a German to fix a football match," said Fabisch.
"I think that African players are vulnerable to this kind of approach, because many of them don't have money.
"This is why poor countries like Benin are targeted. I cut him short and told him to leave. It doesn't help football.
"I assume that if someone approaches you like that, then they have that (money) in mind."
Ghana coach Claude Le Roy says it is because of cases like these that he is against betting on football.
"Football is a game, and as a coach you have to be an educator. If you teach the players how to cheat, you kill the game," said the Frenchman.
"I have always been against betting in football because I think there is a big danger of destroying our sport. When you let the merchants in the temple, there is a big danger for the temple - and football is the most beautiful temple that you can imagine."