What is SMiShing?

You receive a text message asking you to respond to an allegedly important and official request relating to the security or unblocking of your account.
The link will ask you for information like your account number, PIN, password and cellphone number.
If the SMS looks legitimate enough and you’re caught off guard, you could end up giving your personal information to a fraudster and fall victim to a SMiShing scam.

 

 

How to spot SMiShing

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The SMS has a short web address (URL) using a bit.ly link
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The SMiShing link
requests personal
information that a
bank would never ask for
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If you compare the SMiShing SMS 
to other messages from us, you’ll notice big differences 
in the style and sign-off

How to protect yourself

SMiShing is a way for fraudsters to con you into sharing your personal account information so that they can access your accounts for their own use. 

Contact details

Fraud Hotline: 
0860 557  557
+27 11 501 5089

3D secure call centre: 
+27 11 354 4058