The SA Post Office is warning customers to stay alert to fraudsters, pretending to be from the Post Office. Scams often involve an action that must be taken by the reader to provide bank details, send an online picture of the ID, click 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 – Consider any other web address included in the notice to be a scam.. The Post Office does not receive online payment for parcels, nor will they request your bank account details for payment.. The Post office will never call you and ask for the above details.. If you feel something is suspicious, hang up and call the Post Office back.. The Post Office will not ask you to scan your ID online. . The Post Office will not be part of a scam where you would pay 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.
