{"id":1476,"date":"2015-09-07T13:03:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plettcomputers.co.za\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:03:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:03:50","slug":"dont-fall-for-these-scams-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plettcomputers.co.za\/dont-fall-for-these-scams-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t fall for these scams in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many scams doing the rounds in SA \u2013 these are the ones you need to watch out for.<br \/>\nThe Sunday Independent recently reported on\u00a0a scam which allows fraudsters to\u00a0clean out your bank account\u00a0in seconds \u2013 dubbed the\u00a0\u201ccold calling technical support scam\u201d.<br \/>\nFraudsters call an unsuspecting victim and tell them they are from a reputable computer or software company, and that they need the victim to \u201csort out a problem\u201d with their PC.<br \/>\nThe scammer guides the victim though a process to fix the \u201cissue\u201d, which results in the criminal gaining remote access to the target PC.\u00a0The scammer then asks for payment for their services via EFT, and asks the victim to add them as a banking beneficiary.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/137140-dont-fall-for-these-scams-in-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many scams doing the rounds in SA \u2013 these are the ones you need to watch out for. The Sunday Independent recently reported on\u00a0a scam which allows fraudsters to\u00a0clean out your bank account\u00a0in seconds \u2013 dubbed the\u00a0\u201ccold calling technical support scam\u201d. 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