The Junk Mail team has warned you about the "Switch Off Cell Phone" scam before. It seems that the scammers have intensified their efforts with this in recent times. South African Cellphone provider, Vodacom has noted that SIM swop fraud attempts are on the rise in the country. Scammers are getting persistent in defrauding Internet Banking clients who make use of Vodacom.
Fraudsters who engage in SIM swop fraud are posing as cellphone company representatives in an attempt to fool customers who Read more [...] 
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Be Warned! SIM Swop Fraud is on the Rise!
The Junk Mail team has warned you about the "Switch Off Cell Phone" scam before. It seems that the scammers have intensified their efforts with this in recent times. South African Cellphone provider, Vodacom has noted that SIM swop fraud attempts are on the rise in the country. Scammers are getting persistent in defrauding Internet Banking clients who make use of Vodacom.
Fraudsters who engage in SIM swop fraud are posing as cellphone company representatives in an attempt to fool customers who Read more [...] Former Bank Teller jailed for Internet Scam
Former bank teller Lonwabo Mqonci was jailed for six months for assisting two Nigerian men in an Internet scam that involved a bogus London solicitor. Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court magistrate Amrith Chabillal said Mqonci's role amounted to a "crime of greed, in which he had grabbed what was not due to him". He jailed Mqonci for 3 years under legislation allowing his release into corrective supervision - involving house arrest - after serving 6 months. The court earlier Read more [...]
Phishing Scams in Plain English
An evil called phishing has been sticking out it's ugly head in South Africa in the past few years. There are still South African internet users who are not aware of this particular crime. According to Sabric (the South African Banking Risk Information Centre) the number of schemes to fraudulently obtain confidential information from internet banking users has grown in the last 4 months. We hope this post is informative and that this motivates the public to be more careful when it comes to giving Read more [...]
Danger Signs that you might be dealing with a fraudster
Junk Mail is concerned about the safety and security of its users. That is why we do our best to keep our users informed about scams that are going around.
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