Watch out for this email · impersonating SARS
Reaches you by email · Public web warning · 11 Oct
The trick it’s trying
SARS warns of scams pretending to be from SARS and tells users not to click links. Its scams page points taxpayers to the latest list of SARS impersonation scams.
Spoofed SARS emails or messages pretend to be official tax communications and try to get taxpayers to click links or provide personal, banking or tax-profile details.
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Different pages, same playbook — matched by what they do, not just the brand.
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SARS lists current scam examples, including a recent fake High Court summons and tax assessment/return-themed emails. SARS says it does not send hyperlinks to bank sites or ask for credit-card/banking/eFiling details by email/SMS.
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