Watch out for this email · impersonating SARS

The trick it’s trying

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.

Email phishing impersonates SARS with fake refund, assessment, summons or debt notices; links/attachments direct taxpayers to fake forms or sites to harvest tax, banking and eFiling credentials.