Reaches you by website · Public web warning · 11 Oct
Fake SARS eFiling pages imitate the official portal and ask victims for usernames, passwords and phone numbers. Reported by security researchers/media during the current tax-filing season.
Victims are directed to a fake eFiling login page that looks like SARS and captures eFiling credentials and phone numbers for account takeover or follow-up fraud.
Different pages, same playbook — matched by what they do, not just the brand.
SARS warns of spoofed emails made to look like SARS refund messages, including messages that direct taxpayers to false forms and fake websites to capture bank account details. No specific phishing URL was visible in the source excerpt.
SARS’s scams and phishing page, crawled on 2026-10-06, warns taxpayers that SARS will never request passwords, OTPs, banking PINs or eFiling credentials through email, SMS, social media or telephone. SARS lists recent scam examples such as fake High Court summonses and assessment notices, and describes spoofed emails that claim refunds and lead to fake forms/websites collecting banking and tax details.