Watch out for this sms · impersonating SARS
Reaches you by sms · Public web warning · 09 Oct
The trick it’s trying
SARS’ scam-alert page, crawled in the last 3 days, warns about a scam wave via SMS and email telling recipients they are owed a tax refund, in one example R48,900, and directing them to a fraudulent website to claim it. No scam URL was published in the accessible text.
Tax-refund phishing: fake SARS message promises a refund and sends the taxpayer to a fraudulent website to claim it, likely harvesting eFiling/login, identity or banking details.
More warnings involving SARS
Warnings that work the same way
Different pages, same playbook — matched by what they do, not just the brand.
Email warning
SARS Email
SARS: email warning
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.
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