Company conned by e-mail scam
A leading Eastern Cape tyre manufacturer narrowly averted losing out on R3,7-million after being conned by an e-mail purporting to originate from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
According to Superintendent Rhoda Rheeder, of the Commercial Crimes Unit, the company, which did not want to be named, received an e-mail in September giving apparent new banking details for municipal payments.
After making several payments to the value of R3,7 million to the new account, the company received a letter from the municipality informing them their account was in arrears.
“They immediately called Nedbank who found the money untouched in an account and froze (the account),” she said.
The Herald recently warned of an e-mail scam which claimed the municipality‘s banking details had changed. The municipality issued a statement that its banking details were unchanged.
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