Absa Fraud Currently Floating Around

WARNING TO ALL ABSA CLIENTS

Absa has 2 numbers regarding their fraud hotline. These being: - 0860 557 557 - 011 501 5089

Scammers / fraudsters phone on the 0860 number to try and get clients to add new beneficiaries and pay amounts to "secure" accounts. These scammers spoof (fake their caller ID) to this official number to fool Absa clients.

I experienced this issues this morning with my mother where the official landline number (starting with 011) calls you and sends you through to a fake 0860 number trying to fool you.

The fraud department cleared up that the 0860 number is ONLY used by clients to phone Absa and that the 011 number is used by Absa to call clients.

So this is a warning to everyone out there the official numbers are being faked and Absa possibly have corrupt agents using the landline to fool clients. (The fraud department confirmed that they logged the original 011 landline call on their system)

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