Reaches you by sms · Public web warning · 06 Oct
Scammers send an SMS about an R18.99 delivery-fee/shortfall, leading to a polished fake courier portal that harvests card details, ID number, cellphone number and OTP/3-D Secure approvals; victims may actually approve a much larger transaction such as R18,999.
Smishing message impersonates Buffalo Logistics/courier delivery and asks for a small R18.99 payment; the fake site performs a man-in-the-middle card/OTP capture and tricks the user into approving a large banking-app payment.
Different pages, same playbook — matched by what they do, not just the brand.
Nedbank warns that online shoppers are being targeted by fake courier or South African Post Office emails and SMSs asking for a payment to receive a package.
A South African forum user reported receiving a phishing SMS shortly after a legitimate courier WhatsApp, saying a package was prepared for shipment and asking for an R18.99 fee. No URL was visible in the indexed source.