Watch out for this sms · impersonating FNB

The trick it’s trying

Recent South African community report: a smishing message impersonates FNB and says a R15,800 transfer has been approved but a R1,777 transfer fee must be paid or a fraudulent number must be called. No URL was visible in the source snippet.

Fake transfer notification creates urgency around a large approved transfer and tricks the victim into calling scammers or paying an unexpected “transfer fee”.