Woman fights Vodacom and ABSA after R2 million stolen from her account
A woman is taking legal action to force Vodacom and ABSA to release information related to an incident where R2 million was stolen from her account.
The Rapport newspaper reported that the businesswoman argues she needs this information to establish who is responsible for the banking fraud.
The money was transferred from her ABSA account to a Capitec account, following an illegal SIM swap.
The Vodacom SIM swap happened despite requesting that no SIM swap be done without her physical presence.
According to the woman, ABSA and Vodacom refuse to release information about the incident, which includes IP addresses used to conduct the illegal transactions on her account.
In October, the Rapport newspaper reported that the Hawks were investigating a syndicate which had gained access to ABSA clients’ online banking details and were stealing millions from their accounts.
According to the report, numerous ABSA clients’ bank accounts were emptied by criminals who gained access to their account details.
Last week, Rapport reported that a “massive crime syndicate” had infiltrated Vodacom and was performing SIM-swap and Internet banking fraud.
Vodacom confirmed that an investigation into an alleged SIM-swap syndicate was underway.
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