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You should treat your personal information like cash and not share it with anybody who asks for it even if they have other details about you.

Be wary of texts and emails saying there's a parcel waiting for you at the post office - it might be an attempt to defraud you.

South Africans learnt this week of yet another “compromise” of their personal information — almost 3.7-million Dis-Chem customers’ names, email addresses and cellphone numbers are in the hands of an “unauthorised party”.

By the end of 2022, Nespresso aims to have its full Original and Vertuo capsule ranges made using recycled aluminium...

Fraudsters do not discriminate. As we continually move towards the adoption of a digital and more importantly ‘touchless’ era, the platform for fraud increases. Fraud is a fraudster’s business and they often use the same business tactics we use in legitimate business, the difference being that they don’t have customers, they have victims. Thanks to an increase in data breaches, fraudsters are motivated and armed with the correct information, meaning that is very capable of impersonating...

WENDY KNOWLER | Be a fraud, very a fraud: beware of credit impersonators out there To avoid a nightmare like one reader suffered, it’s a good idea to register with the SA Fraud Prevention Service 23 May 2021 - 17:48 As a proof of identity, a green book or card does a terrible job of protecting us from impersonation fraud. Incidence of this crime quadrupled in 2020, so more South Africans than ever have had an impersonator go on a merry spending spree in their name, leaving them wit...

Nightmare as ID thief rings up R93,000 debt at Woolworths Are impersonators’ days numbered as we move into the era of Digital IDs? 24 May 2021 - 07:00 Image: REUTERS As a proof of identity, a green book or card does a terrible job of protecting us from impersonation fraud. Incidence of this crime quadrupled in 2020, so more South Africans than ever have had impersonators go on a merry spending spree in their name, leaving them with huge debt and nothing to show for it,...

Woman’s nightmare after impersonator rings up R93,000 debt at Woolworths Wendy Knowler Consumer journalist 22 May 2021 Image: REUTERS As a proof of identity, a green book or card does a terrible job of protecting us from impersonation fraud. Incidence of this crime quadrupled in 2020, so more South Africans than ever have had impersonators go on a merry spending spree in their name, leaving them with huge debt and nothing to show for it, except for a financially debili...

May 20, 2021 As many parts of the world deal with the Third Wave of Covid-19 infections, there are growing concerns that South Africa may face harsher lockdown measures in the future as the country ramps up its vaccine rollout program. This will have a telling impact on society and will only accelerate the reliance on e-commerce business models as the public prioritises their health and safety. Unfortunately, this also means that there will be a challenging, risk-driven environment ahead of us ...

As many parts of the world deal with the Third Wave of Covid-19 infections, there are growing concerns that South Africa may face harsher lockdown measures in the future as the country ramps up its vaccine roll out program. This will have a telling impact on society and will only accelerate the reliance on ecommerce business models as the public prioritizes their health and safety.  Unfortunately, this also means that there will be a challenging, risk driven environment ahead of us when it com...