Fraudsters posing as retailers and taxman

01 June 2016 - 17:00
By S'duduzo Dludla

Fraudsters are mimicking a wider range of organisations - rather than only banks - in a bid to steal personal details via scam emails‚ an anti-fraud group has warned.Financial Fraud Action (FFA) said that 16‚462 fake bank websites were detected last year‚ compared with a peak of 256‚641 in 2012.Cyber criminals make big bucks as security budget cutThere have been more than 10000 reports of suspected attacks by cyber criminals on South African individuals and businesses in the past six months.

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