{"id":2686,"date":"2021-07-05T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T07:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/career74.co.za\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2023-08-10T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T18:32:31","slug":"sassa-dont-fall-for-the-phase-4-covid-19-relief-fund-grant-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/?p=2686","title":{"rendered":"Sassa: Don\u2019t fall for the Phase 4 relief fund grant scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) this week warned of a Covid-19 relief fund grant scam doing the rounds on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latest Sassa scam<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The latest Sassa scam calls on members to \u201capply for the Government Phase 4 Covid-19 relief fund grand\u201d. The post shared on Facebook calls on citizens to \u201churry up, it only takes a few seconds to apply\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The link included in the post leads to a dead website with a 404 Invalid error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


SASSA@OfficialSASSA<\/a><\/a>SASSA warns the public against the below fake poster doing the rounds on social media platforms. The information is false and does NOT come from SASSA. The special COVID-19 SRD grant has ended #SASSACARES<\/a>@The_DSD<\/a>@nda_rsa<\/a>@GovernmentZA<\/a>@GCISMedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food voucher scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recent food voucher scam was also brought to light. People were informed they could obtain a letter from a social worker to collect a food voucher from a Sassa office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These \u201cvouchers\u201d could then be redeemed at Spar, Shoprite, Boxer and Pick \u2018n Pay. The agency has since confirmed the information is \u201cfalse and does NOT come from Sassa\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the agency also warned pensioners of a new modus operandi<\/a> used to scam and defraud social grant beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pensioner grant scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Criminals who pretend to be Sassa employees use skimming devices \u201cto target and defraud beneficiaries of their social grant monies\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency explains: \u201cFraudsters approach beneficiaries and convince them to \u2018check\u2019 if their social grant cards are still valid by swiping them through a device. By so doing, the scammers are then skimming the beneficiaries\u2019 card for later cloning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When approached by someone claiming to be a Sassa employee, pensioners and other beneficiaries should refuse to cooperate as the agency \u201cdoes not send its staff to people\u2019s homes to tamper with their cards\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sassa CEO Totsie Memela urged pensioners to \u201calways keep their social grant payment PINs safe\u201d and said the scammers were active in the Eastern Cape, North West and KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any incidents of fraud should be reported to the police, or directly to Sassa on 0800 601 011<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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