Absa urges vigilance following festive season scams

Sources at the blue chip listed bank said unidentified scammers had employed different tactics in an attempt to defraud the bank’s customers over the busy festive season.

Such tactics include vishing, phishing, social engineering and card fraud. Vishing is a scamming attack conducted over the phone with the criminals attempting to secure account information, while phishing involves fraudulent emails, text messages, phone calls and other tricks designed to make customers reveal private account information.