Scams being reported around South Africa.

SASSA: suspicious website

OurPower’s SASSA fact-check page, updated 12 Oct 2026, identifies sassa-online.za as an example of a fake SASSA website domain.

sassa-online[.]za

SASSA: suspicious website

OurPower’s SASSA fact-check page, updated 12 Oct 2026, identifies sassa-payment.com as an example of a fake SASSA payment/grant website domain.

sassa-payment[.]com

SASSA: suspicious website

OurPower’s SASSA fact-check page, updated 12 Oct 2026, identifies sassagrants.org as an example of a fake SASSA website domain used in grant scams.

sassagrants[.]org

SASSA: suspicious website

OurPower’s SASSA fact-check page, updated 12 Oct 2026, identifies sassa-grants.co.za as an example of a fake SASSA website domain used in grant scams.

sassa-grants[.]co[.]za

SASSA SRD R370 Grant: suspicious website

Fake SASSA/SRD status-check or application domains impersonate the official SRD portal to harvest ID numbers, banking details and other applicant information. Source says the official SRD site is only srd.sassa.gov.za and specifically names this domain as fake.

srdsassagov[.]co[.]za

SASSA SRD R370 Grant: suspicious website

Fake SASSA/SRD status-check or application domains impersonate the official SRD portal to harvest ID numbers, banking details and other applicant information. Source says the official SRD site is only srd.sassa.gov.za and specifically names this domain as fake.

srd-sassa[.]org[.]za

SARS eFiling: website warning

Fake SARS eFiling pages imitate the official portal and ask victims for usernames, passwords and phone numbers. Reported by security researchers/media during the current tax-filing season.

SASSA: website warning

OurPower lists fake SASSA websites as an active 2026 scam category, warning that copycat sites use SASSA branding, request ‘application’ or ‘verification’ fees, and collect personal details. The source names examples as generic patterns rather than verified live phishing URLs.

SASSA: website warning

A current SASSA status-check warning page describes fake status-check websites and fake call centres that target beneficiaries by collecting ID numbers, phone numbers, OTPs, banking PINs or fees for grant help.

SASSA: website warning

A SASSA payment/status site crawled on 2026-10-06 warns that anyone asking for payment in connection with SASSA grants is a scam, while listing October 2026 grant-payment timing. This overlaps with grant-payment-period scams targeting beneficiaries.

Fastway Couriers South Africa: website warning

Fastway warns that scammers target people selling items online: an interested buyer sends a fake delivery/payment-status process, sometimes showing that money was received, to trick the seller.

FNB: website warning

FNB’s security centre lists an online banking verification phishing scam and an FNB phishing website scam, warning customers never to disclose OTPs, usernames, passwords, card or PIN details.