Watch out for this phone call · impersonating FNB
Reaches you by phone call · Public web warning · 09 Oct
The trick it’s trying
FNB’s security centre, crawled in the last 3 days, highlights remote-access fraud as the “latest scam”: callers pretending to be from FNB offer to install protective software or ask customers to call the bank to release a payment. No scam URL was published.
Remote-access banking fraud: a caller posing as FNB persuades the victim to install remote-access software or disclose credentials/OTPs, allowing the fraudster to take control of the computer and banking session.
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FNB’s latest-scam page, crawled on 2026-10-06, highlights remote-access fraud: callers claiming to be from FNB offer to help install software on the customer’s PC or ask them to call the bank to release a payment. FNB warns it will never ask for OTPs to reverse pending transactions or block a profile.
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