Fraud, Cyber Hacking and Phishing
02 January 2025, Dries Knoetze
“I
recently purchased a motor vehicle and paid the deal by way of electronic fund transfer.
The motor dealer and... I have been communicating via emails for weeks prior to
the payment and amongst these emails, the motor dealer provided me with their
banking details. I made the payment into the account so provided to me via
email only to find out that the banking details of the dealer was changed by an
unknown person who hacked our communication. I paid R800 000.00 towards
this vehicle, and now the dealer refuses to give me the vehicle as they did not
receive my payment.?”