The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned taxpayers to be aware of emails or SMSs that ask for personal, tax, banking and eFiling details.
These emails contain links to false forms and fake websites made to look like the “real thing”, but with the aim of fooling people into entering personal information such as bank account details which the criminals then extract and use fraudulently, it said.Do not open or respond to emails from unknown sources.
SARS will never request your banking details in any communication that you receive via post, email, or SMS. However, for the purpose of telephonic engagement and authentication purposes, SARS will verify your personal details. Importantly, SARS will not send you any hyperlinks to other websites – even those of banks.SARS will never ask for your credit card details.
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