Cape Town - Media24's CEO Esmaré Weideman became the latest victim of a SIM swap syndicate when she was robbed of R360 000 over the weekend.
Between Saturday and Monday and without her knowledge, an amount of R1.5m was transferred from Weideman's home loan to her cheque account. Before Absa could freeze her account, smaller amounts to a total of R360 000 were transferred to an account in the name of "Badiba Madiba".
Weideman told Die Burger that her SIM card would not work on Sunday. “Yesterday (Monday) I asked my assistant to contact MTN, but according to MTN there was nothing wrong.
“Yesterday afternoon I received a call from Absa’s internet fraud unit, who told me that my internet service has been stopped and that money had been withdrawn from my account," Weideman said.
She said when she reported the case at the Rondebosch police station, she met a couple who had lost R5 000 in the same way.
Absa said they are investigating the incident.
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Between Saturday and Monday and without her knowledge, an amount of R1.5m was transferred from Weideman's home loan to her cheque account. Before Absa could freeze her account, smaller amounts to a total of R360 000 were transferred to an account in the name of "Badiba Madiba".
Weideman told Die Burger that her SIM card would not work on Sunday. “Yesterday (Monday) I asked my assistant to contact MTN, but according to MTN there was nothing wrong.
“Yesterday afternoon I received a call from Absa’s internet fraud unit, who told me that my internet service has been stopped and that money had been withdrawn from my account," Weideman said.
She said when she reported the case at the Rondebosch police station, she met a couple who had lost R5 000 in the same way.
Absa said they are investigating the incident.
Have you been scammed? Share your experience and get published.
*Fin24 is part of Media24.