Home affairs warns of ID verification scam
The scammers who visit residents’ homes claim the purpose of their visit is to confirm the validity of IDs ahead of the 2019 general elections.
A voter casts his ballot as part of the general elections at the Ntolwane Primary School in the rural village of Nkandla, on May 7, 2014. Picture: RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
Members of the public have been warned of people posing as home affairs officials to gain access to their homes to rob them, reports Northglen News.
The scammers are in possession of letterheads purportedly from the department of home affairs, and allegedly claim the purpose of their visit is to confirm the validity of IDs ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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They then rob the unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables, said the department.
The department confirmed that this was not a protocol observed by them.
Acting home affairs director-general Thulani Mavuso said in a statement: “We don’t come to your homes to validate your IDs, you come to us, as citizens, for IDs and other services.”
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