The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), has launched a Safe Banking Campaign to empower bank clients with information to ensure that they bank safely over the Festive Season.
As the year comes to a close, fraudsters take advantage of the fact that consumers receive bonuses, spend more money and are generally more relaxed because they are in holiday mode.
Also read: SABRIC concerned about fraud increase
SABRIC wants ensure that bank clients are empowered with information in order to protect themselves.
Her are 10 Tips to do safe mobile banking
- Protect your phone content and personal information you saved by using a PIN or Password to access your phone. Do not leave your phone unlocked.
- Memorise your PIN, never write it down or share it with anyone and make sure no one can see you entering your PIN.
- Choose an unusual PIN that is hard to guess and change it often.
- If you think your PIN has been compromised, change it immediately.
- Do not respond to competition SMS’s or MMS’s.
- If you receive a phone call requesting personal information do not respond and end the call.
- If you use a Smartphone, install an up-to-date anti-virus application to your cellphone. Most banks provide this free of charge to their customers.
- Never access your bank site through a link in an SMS.
- Never access your banking site on a public Wi-Fi network – it’s not secure and your credentials could be hacked. Rather disable Wi-Fi and switch to a cellular network option.
- Make use of the mobile banking apps provided by your bank, they go to great lengths to ensure that these are secure.
- Read: SABRIC urges banking customers to be vigilant when using ATMs
Related Articles
You can read the full story on our App. Download it here.