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Fin24 user Eugene Malan was one of many to respond to a
report on Tuesday that Media24 CEO Esmaré Weideman lost R360 000 over the
weekend in what appears to be a hit from a SIM-swap syndicate. He writes:
A SIM swap took place at 20h52 on Friday, February 7 2013. The swap took place at a cell and satellite shop called Phigerton in Vereeniging. I live in PE.
I had an upgrade on my cellphone (to an iPhone 5) on Thursday, February 6 2013, about 30 hours before this illegal SIM swap took place without any documentation and after working hours! Shortly thereafter, R60k was taken from my credit card (all from my limit, which I didn't give permission for!) and transferred to my cheque account.
R5 700 was transferred from my bond account to my cheque account. We had saved R30k for our children's school fees that needed to be paid the next week - in our cheque account. The amount of R97k was transferred to a Capitec Bank at about 21h40 that evening.
The cellphone contract is in my wife's name and the bank account in my name... The bank is the ONLY place where these two are linked. The bank uses this cell number to send the once-off codes for creating and paying beneficiaries. There's lots more to say.
Thank you for listening to my story. These giant corporates need to be brought to responsibility.
- Fin24
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