SARS SCAMS
Education and awareness around identity theft, phishing and other frauds have become part of life globally. If nothing else, scamsters are innovative and keep trying new avenues of defrauding businesses and individuals. In South Africa, this is no exception, and there has been a rise in the number of scams where persons pretend to be […]
SARS scam alert
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has recently alerted small businesses to a new scam in which criminals, posing as SARS officials, demand outstanding payments of undeclared taxes. There have also been a few incidents where scammers demand money for ‘wiping off’ SARS debts. SARS stressed that it is not in the habit of sending […]
Brexit… The aftershock
The news that Britain had decided to exit the European Union (EU) sent shockwaves through world markets. Until then, many South Africans were not even really aware of ‘Brexit’. What happened? In a referendum on 23rd June, Britons voted to leave the EU by an overall 52 per cent majority. The UK is clearly not […]