Prevent cash robbery during high-risk year-end
Communications officer at Vosloorus Police Station Capt Piet Rossouw said this time of the year a lot of cash robberies are being reported. He also said that Stokvel groups are targeted.
He asked Kathorus MAIL for help, as he regards this publication as their reliable partners to combat crime by appealing to the community to be vigilant.
He provided the following tips to prevent robberies:
Tips to avoid being a victim of cash robberies for individuals:
If you need to pay accounts, consider options that are a low risk instead of withdrawing large sums of cash.
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• Carry as little cash as possible.
• Consider the convenience of paying your accounts electronically or consult your bank to find out about other available options.
• Consider making use of cellphone banking, internet transfers or ATMs to do your banking.
Tips to avoid being a victim of cash robberies for businesses:
• Alternate the days and times you deposit cash.
• Never make your bank visits public, even to people close to you.
• Do not openly display the money you are depositing while you are standing in the bank queue.
• Avoid carrying money bags, briefcases or openly display your deposit receipt book.
• Identify another branch nearby you can visit to ensure your banking pattern is not easily recognisable or detected.
• If the amount of cash you are regularly depositing is increasing as your business grows, consider using the services of a cash management company.
• Refrain from giving wages to your contract or casual labourers in full view of the public, rather make use of wage accounts that can be provided by your bank.
• Refrain from driving to the bank in your company-branded vehicle on a typical ‘payday’.
• Consider arranging for electronic transfers of wages to your contract or casual labourers’ personal bank accounts.
Tips to avoid being a victim of cash robberies for savings clubs and stokvels:
• Refrain from making cash deposits of club members’ contributions on high-risk days (e.g. Monday after month-end).
• Ensure people depositing club cash contributions or making withdrawals are accompanied by another club member.
• A stokvel, savings club or burial society can arrange for members to deposit cash directly into the club’s account instead of collecting cash contributions.
• Arrange for the club’s pay-out to be electronically transferred into each club members’ personal account or accounts of their choice.
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