Conspirator
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My dads company got a phone call from "Telkom" the other day that they had repaid R6000 that was overcharged. Hour later another call, that they had accidentally paid R96 000 into the account and can he plz pay back R90 000. He check balance and sure as hell, the R96k are in there. All a bit dodgy so he phoned the bank. Bank says SARS paid the money into via cheque. The "Telkom" dude said it was via EFT.
Anyway, what happens is that you pay the money back and then the cheque bounces, so the bank subtracts the money again from your a/c. Then you have a R90k overdraft.
Telkom (The real Telkom this time) said they are getting a pile of these things. One company lost R160k.
May my fellow My-Adsl peeps be saved from such scams. (I have a suspicion that some okes here will keep the R96k as compensation for the high fees anyway).
Anyway, what happens is that you pay the money back and then the cheque bounces, so the bank subtracts the money again from your a/c. Then you have a R90k overdraft.
Telkom (The real Telkom this time) said they are getting a pile of these things. One company lost R160k.
May my fellow My-Adsl peeps be saved from such scams. (I have a suspicion that some okes here will keep the R96k as compensation for the high fees anyway).
