{"id":235072,"date":"2022-08-24T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=120289"},"modified":"2022-08-24T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:56:41","slug":"safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFPS Warns Against Advance Fee Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120290\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=120290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"152\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-120290 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120290 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam.jpg\" alt width=\"152\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAFPS Warns Against Advance Fee Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS), would like to warn consumers of an Advance Fee scam where the perpetrator is falsely presenting themselves as a representative of the SAFPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SAFPS is concerned about this and is urging the public to exercise caution and to be vigilant. This is another example of the risk based environment facing South African consumers and how easy it can be for consumers to potentially become victims if they are not actively looking for red flags, \u201c says Manie van Schalkwyk, CEO of the SAFPS.<\/p>\n<p>An advance-fee scam is a form of fraudulent scam and is one of the most common types of tricks that tries to lull consumers into a false sense of confidence. The scam typically involves promising the potential victim a significant share of a large sum of money in return for a small up-front payment. The fraudster assures the victim that the payment will be used to obtain the larger sum which never materialises.<\/p>\n<p>Modus operandi<\/p>\n<p><strong>The modus operandi of this fraudster is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solicitation occurs via WhatsApp;<\/li>\n<li>The fraudster makes promises of compensation should if you have previously been a victim of fraud;<\/li>\n<li>The fraudster will request you to make a payment of R950 to receive a much higher amount in the form of compensation for being a previous victim of fraud;<\/li>\n<li>The fraudster makes illegal (unauthorised) use of the SAFPS name and brand;<\/li>\n<li>The fraudster will provide his\/her victim with a falsified proof of payment from Capitec supposedly showing prospective victims that others have been compensated;<\/li>\n<li>The fraudster produces a falsified letter from the SAFPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPlease note that the SAFPS does not operate in the above manner and will never employ these tactics. Should you receive a letter, a call, a SMS, an email or a WhatsApp message soliciting payment in the name of the SAFPS, please do not comply with the requests and demands as this is a completely fake initiative designed to cause you to lose money to fraudsters. Alert the SAFPS of this contact immediately,\u201d says Van Schalkwyk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">84<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. SAFPS Warns Against Advance Fee Scam The Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS), would like to warn consumers of an Advance Fee scam where the perpetrator is falsely presenting themselves as a representative of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9021,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-235072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mypr","8":"category-south-africa","9":"tag-mypr","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/safps-warns-against-advance-fee-scam.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}