Reaches you by phone call · Public web warning · 07 Oct
SAPS/SABRIC warn that fraudsters phone victims pretending to be bank officials or service providers and use social engineering to extract confidential information.
Vishing: a caller impersonates a bank or service provider, builds trust or urgency, and manipulates the victim into revealing credentials, card details, OTPs or other confidential information.
Different pages, same playbook — matched by what they do, not just the brand.
SAPS/SABRIC warn about phishing, vishing and smishing in which fraudsters impersonate banks or service providers to obtain banking credentials and other confidential information.
Recent SASSA fact-checking warns about phone calls from supposed SASSA agents asking beneficiaries for one-time PINs.