SCAM ALERT: South African Post Office warns against scam
SAPO Communications Officer, Nobuhle Njapha, said members of the public received phone calls by persons alleging to be from the Customs Division of the SAPO.
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has warned members of the public to be on high alert for the latest parcel delivery scam, designed to defraud them of their hard earned cash.
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SAPO Communications Officer, Nobuhle Njapha, said members of the public received phone calls by persons alleging to be from the Customs Division of the SAPO.
“The caller then informs them that a parcel is ready for collection, provided they first pay a ‘customs fee’ into a specific bank account.”
Njapha assured the public that the SAPO did not require any of its customers to make any bank deposit before parcels were released to them.
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“In instances where there is a SARS levy import tax on parcels from abroad, the import tax will be payable at a post office counter when the item is collected, where the customer will receive a point-of-sale receipt for that payment.”
Where the SAPO has the cellphone number of the recipient, the customer will then receive an SMS requesting them to collect their parcel at a particular post office.
Njapha urged anyone that may have information regarding this scam to report it to the SAPS or the SAPO Crime Buster Hotline on 0800 020 070.
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