UPDATE: 16 August 2024 – 13:15 *SCAM ALERT: WHATSAPP SCAM TARGETING RATEPAYERS The Sol Plaatje Municipality once again warns residents of a WhatsApp scam: – Fraudster: “Feroz Kahn” claims to work for the municipality – Claim: Urges ratepayers to report ...
Read More »Electricity Scam Alert – 23/03/2022
UPDATE: 23 MAR 2022 – 16:45 Please note that we have received numerous calls from the Public regarding person/s purporting to be from Sol Plaatje Municipality. They would request a client to pay R3500 into a bank account because they ...
Read More »SAPS recover cards & IDs from fraudsters
Williston Northern Cape- Bank cards and identity documents recovered from fraudsters in Williston. Northern Cape: The police in Williston have recovered 41 bank cards and 26 identity document documents from fraudsters yesterday. The discovery of the 41 bank cards follows ...
Read More »E-Mail Sextortion Blackmail Scam
What to do when you receive an e-mail from a “hacker” claiming that he has collected all contact information from your computer, e-mail account and social media networks. Furthermore he has installed RAT software on your computer, activated your webcam ...
Read More »Sol warns of power saving device scam
Despite several warnings from the Sol Plaatje Municipality, city residents continue to fall victim to scamsters, who have already conned them out of thousands of rands for supposed electricity saving devices. In the last incidents, which occurred on Thursday and ...
Read More »Prepaid Meter Scam
An elderly couple in New Park were conned into spending hundreds of rands on buying a prepaid electricity meter in what appears to be the latest scam to hit the city. Couple fall victim to scam MURRAY SWART AND PATSY ...
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