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Hotel Credit Card Scam

By Jay, on April 28th, 2011

This scam was sent in my one of our readers who just had this experience and is still trying to clean up the mess….
You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get [...]

U.S. State Department – Resident Card for XXXXXX (SCAM!)

By Jay, on April 15th, 2011

The people who have made this scam have really taken a lot of time to find out all your details before hand.
The main reason I know it’s a scam, is that I’m not allowed to enter the US Green Card lottery due to been a British Citizen. If I didnt know that before, I may [...]

DOWNLOAD: Internet Banking Update!! (SCAM Targetted at Absa clients)

By Jay, on March 28th, 2011

Yet another e-mail going around trying to get you to give all your internet banking details to thieves so they can steal your money
This one is targeted at ABSA clients.
The e-mail looks like this.
——-Start of E-mail———————————————————————-
From : Absa Bank
Subject : DOWNLOAD: Internet Banking Update!!
Dear Valued Absa Bank Customers,
Absa Bank is committed to [...]

R3,182.50 Tax Refund Process For March 2011. (SCAM!!!!)

By Jay, on March 28th, 2011

Again the thieves are out trying to steal your hard earned money.
This scam is somewhat different to the others that are going around at the moment for a couple reasons.
1/ Most of the internet phishing scams usually ask you to click on a link, this link will then take you to a website on the [...]

Got a GPS in your vehicle ? You might want to read this.

By Jay, on November 25th, 2010

This is a warning e-mail doing the rounds at the moment.
As a rule of thumb, you should never set the “Home” feature of your GPS to your actual home. Make sure it is set either in a totally random place, or set it to the close public place to your house like a shopping centre [...]

ABSA Refunds Procedures (Phishing Scam!!!)

By Jay, on November 23rd, 2010

Yet another one of the phishing scams doing the rounds at the moment.
This particular one has “ABSA Refund Procedures” in the subject line.
At first look at the e-mail, everything looks pretty legit, the e-mail address that it supposedly comes from is “ib@absa.co.za” although as mentioned in my previous Phishing reviews, spoofing the e-mail address is [...]

WORLD CONNECT

By azayin, on November 18th, 2010

Got a call from these idiots today and immediately recognised it after the Whackhead scam on radio last week. Got a call from them last week also which I ignored. After reading the reviews on here I got kind of upset by the arrogance of this company and decided to call them back. Spoke to [...]

E-mail Phishing for bank account information

By Jay, on October 26th, 2010

Here is just another example of a phishing attack.
I’ve received this e-mail 3 times in the last month, and as usual, this is NOT a legitimate e-mail from the bank it claims to be.
NOTE : Please read the review Titled “Internet Banking SCAM (Standard Bank, ABSA, FNB)” at the following link http://www.reviewsaboutanything.com/fraudandscams/internet-banking-scam-standard-bank-absa-fnb/
The above link has [...]

Another Internet Banking Phishing E-mail Scam

By Jay, on September 29th, 2010

These scams are becoming more and more frequent, all of which with a slight different twist of the tale, but the motive and method don’t ever seem to change.
Please remember…. Rule 1 about e-mail : NEVER CLICK ON LINKS WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY!!! EVER!!!
Below is the current Phishing scam going around on e-mail, this [...]

South African Revenue Service (SARS) Scam e-mail.

By Jay, on June 29th, 2010

Another scam e-mail doing the rounds at the moment.
This e-mail apparently comes from SARS telling you that you are due a tax refund and that you must click on their link in the e-mail. They then request all your banking details, and they clean out your account.
Firstly this e-mail is not from SARS.. it is [...]

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R3,182.50 Tax Refund Process For March 2011. (SCAM!!!!)

Got a GPS in your vehicle ? You might want to read this.

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