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Avoid getting scammed during tax season
SARS has given the following tips for avoiding getting caught in a scam:
- Do not open or respond to emails from unknown sources
- Beware of emails that ask for personal, tax, banking and eFiling details (login credentials, passwords, pins, credit/debit card information, etc.)
- SARS will never request your banking details in any communication that you receive via post, email, or SMS. However, for the purpose of telephonic engagement and authentication purposes, SARS will verify your personal details. Importantly, SARS will not send you any hyperlinks to other websites - even those of banks
- Beware of false SMSes
- SARS does not send *.htm or *.html attachments
- SARS will never ask for your credit card details
Source: www.sars.gov
Date added: July 2019