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· The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), issued a public
warning that persons posing as officials purportedly collecting
contaminated bank notes were fraudsters
· The scamsters are also issuing fake receipts for the money
collected, saying banks will compensate them
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), issued a public warning that
persons posing as officials purportedly collecting contaminated bank
notes were fraudsters. The warning said that some people had been
going round asking South Africans to surrender their contaminated bank
notes. They convince people that it was part of the SARB efforts to
curb spread of coronavirus.
The scamsters are also issuing fake receipts for the money collected,
saying banks will compensate them. The government also has urged the
public to contact the police when approached by such individuals
impersonating as SARB employees or representatives.
