The highly anticipated Dinosaur World festival, set to take place at Police Park in East London next month, may not be all it claims to be, as concerns have emerged from residents who are questioning the legitimacy of the festival. The…
Durban-based Milo Designs labelled a scam by National Consumer Commission A furniture company posting stolen internet images as its own designs has been labelled a scam by the National Consumer Commission (NCC). Consumers have told the…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has warned taxpayers about a new WhatsApp scam targeting their personal information. Sars this week noted a rise in complaints about fraudsters posing as officials from the revenue service and asking for…
UNATHI NKANJENI The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned grant recipients about a fake poster doing the rounds on social media, misleading people to apply for free clothing vouchers at PEP stores. The poster tells members to take…
Customers at risk after scammers commit fraudulent SIM swaps Service providers have been blasted for not having proper security measures in place to protect the identities of their clients. This after several cellphone users from…
A blast of spam emails has been detected in 2019, featuring fake job offers that seem to come from HR recruiters in large corporations, says a global cybersecurity company. “However, the emails actually came from spammers and installed…
Education quality control council Umalusi has issued a stern warning to websites peddling fake matric certificates‚ saying that the administrators would face criminal prosecution. Umalusi said in a statement on Monday that it had…
Mobile network operator MTN on Monday warned customers to beware of a SIM swap scam posing as a security check. MTN encourages all its customers to beware of a scam doing the rounds. In this scam‚ a supposed MTN call centre agent requests…
