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Fraudsters have not taken a sabbatical during the Covid-19 pandemic.
30 July 2021 06:53
Online banking and investment fraud have increased during the pandemic.
Last week, my colleague was phoned by her bankâs security team and told that her account had just paid three sums of R10 000 each to a bank in Thailand. The caller, who identified himself by name, asked her to log on to her account to check if the money had actually been transferred out.
While she was hesitating the caller as if to reassure her, confirmed the bank account number, her street address and the name of the account holder. All these details, as quoted to her, were correct. The only detail that was âoffâ, (besides the fact that he was calling at all) was the fact that he did not seem to know that the account in question was her husbandâs and not hers. When she offered to call the purported bank official back, he cut the call.