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    VAT scam resurfaces with a difference

    Got a call about a refund but paid no notice.

    Next day another call saying that I was due R85,000 and was this my account number.

    This was followed by a fax purportedly from SARS informing me of a mistaken deposit.

    Followed by a phone call asking whether I received the fax. Replied saying that nothing had been deposited and I would make damn sure where the money came from and where it was going after it had cleared. Mr 'John Ndlovu' then got snippy and told me 'it was my time' if I wanted to make further enquiries.

    The fax had the Durban SARS address and was from the 'VAT Inspectorate'. There were no phone numbers other than a fax to report the deposit and a cellphone number (0828609780).

    Strange thing is - although they had my bank account No., the business name they thought I was, I only ever - ever - traded as once, several years ago on a Yellow Pages ad.

    There then appears to be some connection with Yellow Pages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    Not interested until you've been defrauded, and not able to do anything after.

    I wonder why these fraudsters are not being stopped?
    Another problem that could arise from this is that with your bank account # the fraudster could attempt a logon 3 times with wrong password/s and your account gets blocked. I don't have to tell you the hassles you have to go through to get access to your account/s again.
    I had this scenario 4 weeks ago and the end result was that I had to get 2 new banking cards and in the process lost the majority of my beneficiaries and in trying to recover the data the bank screwed up my accounts by mixing the beneficiaries from my two businesses.
    Very frustrating !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinco View Post
    Another problem that could arise from this is that with your bank account # the fraudster could attempt a logon 3 times with wrong password/s and your account gets blocked.(
    Martin
    Who are you with I am with FNB and have a user number which I log in with, this then takes me to my accounts. The user number is issued separately and you do not give out that number at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IanF View Post
    Who are you with I am with FNB and have a user number which I log in with, this then takes me to my accounts. The user number is issued separately and you do not give out that number at all.
    FNB requires a user name + password
    Absa requires an account number + pin + password (only certain letters)
    STD requires a card number + pin + password
    Never had a Nedbank account

    So I suppose that situation could happen with an Absa account.
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    Quote Originally Posted by duncan drennan View Post
    FNB requires a user name + password
    Absa requires an account number + pin + password (only certain letters)
    STD requires a card number + pin + password
    Never had a Nedbank account

    So I suppose that situation could happen with an Absa account.
    Yes Duncan,

    Happened on ABSA and for some reason that I cannot figure out on STD as well.
    The STD still baffles me ! It could not have been an internal leak as only my wife does the IB and holds the cards.
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    I had the fax number checked and this is the result:

    The above number is part of a number range 08665 created on the platform which belongs to Cointel. Cointel administers numbers from this range. The dest linked to this range is 0115075.

    We have no control over individual numbers.

    I hope this info will assist you.

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