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EDITOR: HEILIE COMBRINCK
CALLER REQUESTS PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Beware: These ‘SASSA’ calls are fake! HEILIE COMBRINCK
them for personal information to “update the database”. A family member of one of the elderly persons who has fallen prey to one of these fraudulent calls said, “He requested the last four numbers of my grandmother’s SASSA card. Then he asked for her identification number as well as PIN,” said the family member who wished not to be named.
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ASSA does not ask for personal details, account details and pins over the phone. Nor does the agency update its database telephonically. SASSA does not do business outside its offices.” This firm message is from Thamsanqa Singeni, Eastern Cape spokesperson of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), regarding fraudulent telephone calls received by beneficiaries. The UD News received information regarding a man claiming he is from SASSA, phoning beneficiaries in Uitenhage requesting
Do not fall prey According to Singeni, SASSA beneficiaries must beware not to fall prey to these scams and other ambush tactics via the use of a telephone. “SASSA cards are for drawing grant money
only. Beneficiaries should not respond to calls or a SMS where companies are offering products such as airtime and other financial products or loans against SASSA payment cards. “Authorised deductions - which SASSA allows in terms of legislation - to be made against SASSA cards include a funeral policy deduction that does not exceed 10% of the grant value (not a child’s grant). “Please report any SASSA official who is involved in the sale or promotion of any products that require payment through a SASSA payment card.” )Sengeni requested beneficiaries to report incidents like the above to law enforcement
agencies or by calling SASSA toll-free number (0800 60 10 11) or by visiting the nearest local office and reporting such occurrences.
“SASSA does not ask for personal details, account details and pins over the phone. SASSA does not do business outside its offices.” THAMSANQA SINGENI, SPOKESPERSON OF SASSA EASTERN CAPE
Vote for U’hage girl as Miss High School HEILIE COMBRINCK Lara Naidoo, a Grade 10 learner at Riebeek College Girls’ High School, is a semifinalist in a beauty pageant, but needs her hometown’s support in being crowned Miss High Schools South Africa 2016. There are only 35 days left to cast votes in favour of Lara. She currently has the second highest voting count in <Lara Naidoo is a semifinalist in the Miss High Schools South Africa beauty pageant. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED
this national beauty pageant. The objective of the pageant is to empower young girls through education by means of the winners receiving bursaries to further their studies. Lara is one of two girls chosen to represent the Eastern Cape at a gala event which will be held in Gauteng early December. How to vote:
To cast your vote for Lara to bring the Miss High School South Africa title to Uitenhage, visit http://www.pageantvote.net/pag eants/874 and click on Lara’s picture. Vot ing is free of charge and closes on Novem ber 30th.
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