The tips below will help you protect yourself and your family from scams during the upcoming festive season.
Scams can cause a great deal of distress, not to mention losing your hard-earned cash.
What you should do to prevent falling victim to scams and fraud:
- Never respond to emails or cell-phone messages appearing to be from your bank, which request your personal details. Remember that no bank will ever ask you to confirm or update your account details by email.
- Never provide your online ID, password or PIN to anyone and never write them down or share them.
- Do not save your Internet banking password on your desktop.
- Do not leave your computer unattended after you have entered your Internet banking password.
- Always log off or sign off at the end of a session on your personal computer.
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