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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“They immediately called Nedbank who found the money untouched in an account and froze (the account),” she said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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