The South African Post Office is warning customers to stay alert, particularly to fraudsters pretending to be from the Post Office. Scams often involve an action that involves the reader providing bank details, sending an online picture of the ID, clicking on a link, to be rewarded with a possible gift or the like.
Customers should note the following:. The Post Office website is www.postoffice.co.za. Any other web address in a notice is a scam.. The Post Office doesn’t receive online payment for parcels, nor will they request bank details for payment.. The Post Office will never call you and ask for the above details.. If you feel something is amiss, hang up and call the Post Office.. The Post Office will not ask you to scan your ID online. . The Post Office will not be part of a scam campaign where you would pay some R15 and then receive a box filled with gifts. A Facebook business page called South African Post Express purports to sell pallets of “undelivered parcels”. It’s a scam!. Watch out for spelling errors. This is often a sign of a scam.
The list of scam types is endless and the scam onslaught is picking up as we enter the holiday season. Be alert and don’t second-guess yourself if you think you are being scammed. Rather be safe than sorry.
