Phishing attacks on bank accounts
Amid reports of phishing attacks on bank accounts, a Cape Town man says he had to threaten bank staff with a criminal charge to recover R24 500 he lost to a different kind of Internet scam.
Durbanville resident Keith Brook said on Tuesday that although he had not used his First National Bank Internet account for weeks, he received a bank SMS two weeks ago saying the money had been transferred from his account.
“I only got the money back 13 days later, after I threatened to take some of the employees to the police.