Mweb and Game stores are and have been running a "promotion" for some months: "BUY ANY LAPTOP & GET 1 YEAR FREE INTERNET".
The small print also reads: *1 Year FREE Internet access on an MWEB ADSL connection capped at 3 Gigs per month. Subject to signing 12 month subscription. Excludes line...
We have had an on-going billing dispute with Nashua Mobile for the past 2 years. We have an MTN number via Nashua Mobile.
I was roaming in the UAE and used data on my Nokia N82 device. Upon returning we received an itimised bill from Nashua Mobile for around R4,000, two weeks later we...
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A Business I am dealing with (not VAT registered) are currently dealing with Zappon/Groupon/etc (seemingly VAT registered). They are eg. selling a R1000 'service' for R500 on their website(s).
How Zappon etc work:
Zappon states that they take 3% of the R500 towards credit card...
I recently joined with Neotel and provided an address that seems to have changed on my account with them. The address that I gave seems to have limited service, but when I look on the internet, the address that they have for me seems to have full coverage.
Has anyone else battling with...
During the unveiling of the 2010-2011 fiscal revenue results, SARS identified specialised retail software used by tax dodgers
The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has identified specialised tax evasion software used by retailers, hampering revenue collection.
SARS commissioner Oupa...
hi, we registered a domain name and hosting account through digiserv.biz on friday,
the account was paid on the due date which is the 7th march 2011 (3 days later, because of the weekend) anyways, after the account was paid we sent proof of payment, a copy of deposit slip via email and a while...
RICA doesn't protect against cellphone fraud says WASPA
WASPA issued a press release today to “correct misperceptions that RICA legislation may offer some protection against mobile fraud”
WASPs continue to defraud cellphone customers
Some WASPs have continued to bill cellular subscribers for services they say they never requested, with T-mobile SA's name coming up on more than one occasion
Cellphone banking: How safe are your habits?
Cellphone banking is unbelievably convenient and FNB reports that about 2,3-million of its clients use their cellphones to transact. But how safe is it, really?
During the last 3 weeks I ave bought the MTN 24hr uncapped bolt on data bundle 4 times. I beleive that MTN is fraudulently selling these bundles to a unsuspecting public, and if it is not commiting fraud, what they are doing is an unfair business practice.
Let me relate my experience...
Call me a sucker, but when I saw the standalone 4 mbit DSL offering from Hellkom at http://www.telkom.co.za/products_services/dsl/dslaccesonly.html, I thought I could take them at their word.
They installed, I entered into an agreement with a (non-Hellkom) ISP, and at the end of the month the...
Hi Guys dunno if u guys heard of the company, well if you do the offer amazing trips around the world at reasonable prices. Anyway their in the country now calling people and setting up appointments and offering these wonderfull trips well now everyone is wondering if there is anything...
http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/02830b3a0bac4be1a560979d72107d6f/06-03-2010-10-39/Family_flee_after_R33m_VAT_fraud
Ahmed Tayob who uses the name "BullionVault" is the largest seller on Bidorbuy and Bidorbuy generates alot of commisions from him.
They are not allowing any...
923 caught for housing fraud
Friday, 27 November 2009
A total of 923 government officials have been caught during the human settlement department's crackdown on corruption, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday.
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale "We...
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/2251233/72-of-Banks-Say-Their-Employees-Committed-Fraud
Original Source... http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220301087
The figure must be around 144% in South Africa!!! :rolleyes:
My 75+ yo mother phoned me the other day all excited telling me she had just signed up for a 24 month iburst contract.
After picking my jaw up off the floor, I found out that she had been called by Atlantic (her isp) sold a bunch of BS about "lightning fast" internet by their sales reps and...