There are several new and often believable SARS scams doing the rounds. Read below to not be caught by a scam.
The South African Revenue Service has warned that several new scams are doing the rounds. Watch out for these new ways scammers are out to get you.Notice of correspondence relating to solar, the email addresses from which these emails are sent are either unrelated to official SARS channels or mimic .gov addresses in an attempt to appear legitimate.in terms of non-compliant taxpayers. With that, there has been an increase in the scams focusing on blacklisting and court summonses.
Another tactic used by scammers, is to make it appear as if the emails come from addresses like [email protected] or [email protected] or similar, making recipients of the emails think that they are eligible to receive tax refunds. An expected increase in these types of emails is during the period when taxpayers are expecting tax returns.
Scammers keep a close eye on SARS actions and procedures or timelines and adjust their tactics accordingly so as to be more believable.If you receive an email about your tax and are not 100% sure that it is valid and legitimate, you can forward the email to [email protected] very careful of emails asking for personal, eFiling, tax, or banking details such as your password or bank card information.
Never give out details over the phone even if you think the person asking for the details, is legitimate. Ask for an email or letter to be sent with the request. Should you contact SARS telephonically, SARS may verify some of your personal details to make sure that they are speaking to the right person. However, SARS will never request your banking details.send *.htm or *.html attachments in an SMS, or
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