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The South African Post Office has cautioned the public against a scam in which fraudulent emails that appear to originate from it are designed to make the receiver pay money into a scam account.
“The email is titled ‘Your package could not be delivered’ and states that a package can only be released once a clearance fee has been paid and include a link,” said spokesperson, Johan Kruger.
“Should the receiver click on the link, a page called Bureau de Poste d’Afrique du Sud opens, requesting payment to ‘release’ the fictitious parcel.
Kruger said the official language of communication for the SA Post Office is English, and no communication is done in French.
He said the fake website features a photo of the gable of the historic Vredefort post office in the Free State.
“If you have any information about postal crimes, please contact the Post Office’s toll-free crime buster hotline on 0800 020 070.”
