If you run an online store of any sort in South Africa you should be well abreast of scam techniques and attempts by people to defraud you of your goods. If not, a scammer like this one will indeed catch you if you are hasty and do not do your proper checks. This order came […]
05
Sep
Sep
Yet another email scam is going around to lure unsuspecting people into thinking they were “actually” chosen for tendering on providing goods to the military. Yeah right !!! Sadly we are in difficult economic times so some people often do not even think twice and will reply to the email hoping they could secure some […]
16
Aug
Aug
The guy who called me calls himself [REDACTED] and he claimed to be calling from Vodacom for the “BIG BUCKS DOUBLE BONANZA” From Vodacom Play And Shake Everyday promotion. In order to retrieve my cash reward, R50 000, I had to make a donation to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Payment had to be made […]
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02
Jul
Jul
The Facebook Privacy Policy Notice hoax is back in 2019 Please don’t waste your time re-posting the privacy hoax message. Please do not fall for this hoax / scam, it has surfaced before on Facebook and other social media platforms and keeps re-appearing every year in a different form, but almost exactly the same. Mark […]
30
Aug
Aug
We literally get 2-3 emails every single day from users saying their mother is being scammed by some guy online promising love and romance and endless stories to the victim of how much he loves her. BUT … he needs money first, he needs money for a variety of reasons and also needs money so […]
09
Aug
Aug
A new very common scam circulating is the “I know you’ve been watching porn scam and I have video of you because I planted malware on your computer and you must give me money or I will post the video of you online to all your friends and family” …. oh PLEASE !!! Okay so […]
07
Aug
Aug
Please Be Aware: WONGA Loans will NEVER Email you. Any email you may receive like the one below are pure scams intended to get money out of you by conning you into paying “approval fees” for a loan. It’s utter BS do not fall for it. Instead of getting a loan, all you get is […]
11
Jul
Jul
A new scam starting to do the rounds is an sms containing the following message. “SPAR is giving away free vouchersworth R3500 to celebrate its 55rd anniversary. I just received mine free voucherhttps://yd1.site/anniversary“. Please DO NOT visit the link or give away any of your personal details it is 100% a Phishing scam designed to […]