LOCAL The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned those who receive, or are applying for, the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant to be careful who they share their personal details with, and to always check their contact details on the system are correct. The agency issued[…]
LOCAL The festive season is nearly upon us and with it may come parcels from overseas. Be careful, if you are expecting a package, not to fall for a scam pretending to be holding up your parcel at customs. The South African Post Office (Sapo) has warned of an e-mail[…]
The Western Cape human settlements department has warned residents about a housing scam being shared on social media. The con surfaced on several Facebook accounts. It asked citizens to either pay a deposit or holding fee to be approved for a house from government. The department said one victim had[…]
The City of Cape Town has warned job seekers not to fall for a fake “trainee traffic officer” job advert circulating online. The advert claims the city is seeking to employee trainee traffic officers. According to the corporate services directorate, this is an old advert issued by the city in[…]
Western Cape police have made a number of arrests in the past few days with charges ranging from unlawful possession of firearms to organised crime. According to W/O Joseph Swartbooi, Atlantis police on Thursday participated in an integrated operation. “The members responded to information and approached and searched an identified[…]
By Qudissiyah Kasu Bogus prison wardens are targeting the families of inmates by calling them up and telling them that they could secure the release of inmates for a nominal fee. The Western Cape Regional Commissioner Delekile Klaas said that it has come to their attention that there are individuals[…]
Scammers are separating helpful South Africans from their money in what appears to be a wave of fraud that relies on hijacking WhatsApp accounts – and then simply asking for money. The scammers first take control of a victim’s phone number, usually by porting the number to a new service[…]
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has dismissed false information doing the rounds targeting social grant recipients. Sassa said in a statement on Monday that it was not true that its offices will be closed during the month of December and that beneficiaries will not receive their January payments.[…]
Power utility Eskom has issued a warning to the public to be aware of a recruitment scam. “The fraudsters pretend to be recruiters for Eskom and solicit R1 500 from job seekers in order to secure employment,” Eskom said in a statement. “Once payment is received by these ‘recruiters’, would-be[…]
The City of Cape Town has warned potential subsidised housing beneficiaries against paying money towards individuals who promise guaranteed housing opportunities. The City has launched an investigation into several cases where members of the public have been duped into forking out ‘placement fees’ for registration onto the housing database, with[…]
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