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CYBER FRAUD: ‘BANK OFFICIALS’ TARGET TWO WOMEN
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wo women were defrauded of more than R130 000 last week, in a scheme involving cyber fraudsters, posing as bank officials from prominent banks. This cybercrime tactic known as Vishing is on the increase and especially elderly people fall victim to this, according to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC). “Vishing is ‘voice phishing’ where criminals phone bank customers, lead them to believe that they are speaking to the bank or a legitimate service provider and use social engineering tactics to manipulate them into disclosing their confidential bank card details, as well as other personal information. This information is then used to defraud you.” explains SABRIC chief executive officers (CEO), Kalyani Pillay. In the latest incident, an elderly woman from Bloemfontein, who visited Brackenfell last week, lost savings, amounting to R121 000. Police spokesperson Captain Erica Crous from Brackenfell police says: “The woman received a telephone call from someone purporting to work at her bank at the anti-fraud unit. She was told that several transactions were currently being undertaking on her account and asked whether she was aware of it.” The women told them that she had received no transaction SMSs notifying her. The fraudsters then asked her for the last four digits of her account number, to enable them to stop any more transactions on her account. They were able to provide her with
all her personal details including the first six digits of her account number. “At first she was hesitant and told them she would rather go to her nearest branch, but was convinced by the fraudsters that they would need the digits immediately in order to stop the ‘illicit’ transactions,” says Crous. She then provided the caller with the last four digits of her account number and within minutes she started receiving SMS notifications of money leaving her account. Within about an hour all her savings was withdrawn from her bank account from locations throughout the country, according to police. In another incident, a week prior a woman from Goodwood, was targeted in the same manner. “She was also phoned by fraudsters pretending to work at the anti-fraud department at another prominent SA bank. They could also provide her with all her personal details including her identity number number and again asked for the last four digits of her bank account in order to stop ‘illicit’ withdrawals from her account,” says Crous. Within minutes her account was emptied of an undisclosed amount. The police is concerned about this and warns members of the public to never provide any personal or banking details to anyone telephonically. “In both these cases, the fraudsters succeeded in persuading the victims. Should you be confronted by such a situation do not disclose your account number, rather visit your bank in person, no matter what they say or how convincing they sound,” says Crous. V To page 4.
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