JOHANNESBURG – The South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned beneficiaries of an SMS scam asking them to give pin or card numbers.
SMS Reads as follows:
“Scam alert 1/2: It has come to our attention that beneficiaries have received an SMS from people claiming to be SASSA officials. These fraudsters claim that there is a Christmas draw and request beneficiaries to send their ID nr, PIN and SASSA card number in order to win R1500.”
“These fraudsters claim that there is a Christmas draw and request beneficiaries to send their ID nr, PIN and SASSA card number in order to win R1500,” reads the post.