Beware of new Sassa card swop scam

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned social grant recipients not to fall for rumours doing the rounds. According to Sassa, some people are claiming that Sassa cards will not have money from August 2018.

Sassa would however like to assure all social grant beneficiaries that the glitches experienced in the beginning of July have been resolved, and their grant money will be available on the new gold card as from August 1 2018.

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Do not accept any card other than the official new Sassa card.

The new Sassa card swap is only available at Pay-points, Sassa offices and the South African Post Office. The new Sassa payment card has the South African flag on the left side, Mastercard logo on the right and bears the Sassa insignia at the top, and offers the following benefits:

• The card gives the beneficiary three free cash withdrawals at merchants and one free cash withdrawal per month from the post office.

• One free ATM balance enquiry per month

• All swipes are free of charge and it is Eurocard, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) compliant which means it is accepted at all merchants and ATMs that display the Visa sign around the country.
• No illegal deductions (only 10% deduction of funeral policies will be allowed on non-child grants endorsed by the grant beneficiary)

Beneficiaries are urged to visit any Sassa office, post office or pay point to get the new card as the old Sassa card will be fully phased-out by September 30 2018.

For more information contact the Sassa hotline at 0800 60 10 11 between 8am and 49m, Monday to Friday.

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