Absa anti-fraud chief's advice for avoiding Black Friday scams

[Jan]

How to avoid becoming a Black Friday fraud victim

South African shoppers hunting for the best deals online should be aware of scammers looking to defraud them this Black Friday.

While such scammers are already rife on the Internet under normal circumstances, the increased online shopping activity around the annual shopping promotion provides more potential victims.

 

[rh1]

1. Dont be stupid.

 

[rh1]

2. Most retailers increase prices before black Friday, so that they can give discounts on black Friday, avoid this scam.

 

[rh1]

3. Dont spend any money, and you wont be scammed.

 

[epah]

1. Dont be stupid.

Kinda hard for south africans to not be stupid though.

 

[rh1]

Kinda hard for south africans to not be stupid though.

We can always have hope.

 

[epah]

We can always have hope.

 

[yebocan]

3. Dont spend any money, and you wont be scammed.

...don't spend money, you don't have ...and complain in Jan, not being able to make ends meet...

 

[backstreetboy]

Too late. Bought another lifetime VPN last night.

 

[Grubscrew]

Weird he left Absa Rewards out...

 

[My_King]

I did step 1 already. Ignore all deals from absa.

 

[FiestaST]

But but

 

[gregmcc]

yima.org.za looks like a scam site.

Stop??!

 

[rh1]

I dont even know which Friday is black Friday.

 

[Grubscrew]

I dont even know which Friday is black Friday.

This is South Africa, every Friday with eskom is black Friday.

 

[Sapphiron]

Scrapy - Price history

Scrapy is a price tracker for South African stores. It features price history charts, price watches, and price drop alerts.

scrapy.co.za

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Don’t waste you money, pay off your debt. Embrace the sting.

 

[My_King]

Thanks @Absa anti-fraud chief

Just look at this kak:

 

[PaulGherkin]

The bank whose accounts are most often hacked, and who run antiquated systems.
yeah, you should listen to them... NOT

 

[LCBXX]

Thanks @Absa anti-fraud chief

Just look at this kak:

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They said they're anti-fraud, not anti-spam.