Jun 18, 2015
The Gauteng Provincial Government has issued a warning to the public about a scam by impostors who use the name of Premier David Makhura and make promises of jobs, investment opportunities and social grants. The imposters have created a fictitious Yahoo e-mail address...
May 22, 2015
A recruitment scam offering paid “Telkom internships” upon payment of a “booking fee” of R90 is currently in operation. Telkom first issued a warning regarding this scam in February. The scammers assure job seekers that they have been awarded a two-month internship at...
May 22, 2015
Experts are warning of a new scam that uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox LIVE, Zune, Hotmail, Outlook, MSN, Messenger and OneDrive. Users receive warnings by e-mail saying that their Windows Live...
Apr 11, 2014
Telkom has issued a warning to users who may become the victims of fraud by criminals pretending to be from the company. “They deposit a stolen or counterfeit cheque into a customer’s account and then on a false Telkom letterhead, inform the customer that Telkom had...
Apr 8, 2014
MTN South Africa has issued a warning to its customers of a new SIM swop scam that attempts to obtain the personal banking details of MTN customers. The syndicate sends an e-mail similar to the following: “Dear Client, “We have discovered a suspected SIM swap attempt...
