This happened to me, and looks like it's happening to a lot of people.
On 9 April I received this quote with Vodacom services I don't recognize, and never asked for. See image attached. 2 days later I got a payment notification for this amount going off my bank account.
I know the scammers got my information from Vodacom, because the delivery address on the quote has a misspelling in that only Vodacom has for me.
The quote specifies a dealer name as "Four Square Group". I checked on LinkedIn and found this company's CEO is an ex-Vodacom employee. He used to have the role of "Head of People" at Vodacom. I also checked the reviews for this company on Google Maps and found more reports of people saying that they commit fraud on their Vodacom accounts. Link
So it looks like they either stole customers' private information from Vodacom, or they have a deal with Vodacom to use our private information to try upsell people on Vodacom services. And when they're not able to make enough sales, they just commit identity fraud and open accounts in peoples' names without consent.
On 9 April I received this quote with Vodacom services I don't recognize, and never asked for. See image attached. 2 days later I got a payment notification for this amount going off my bank account.
I know the scammers got my information from Vodacom, because the delivery address on the quote has a misspelling in that only Vodacom has for me.
The quote specifies a dealer name as "Four Square Group". I checked on LinkedIn and found this company's CEO is an ex-Vodacom employee. He used to have the role of "Head of People" at Vodacom. I also checked the reviews for this company on Google Maps and found more reports of people saying that they commit fraud on their Vodacom accounts. Link
So it looks like they either stole customers' private information from Vodacom, or they have a deal with Vodacom to use our private information to try upsell people on Vodacom services. And when they're not able to make enough sales, they just commit identity fraud and open accounts in peoples' names without consent.