Sassa warns of grant scam
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned the public about a fake post that has been circulating on social media claiming that a R700 grant application form for 2022 is out.
The post encourages citizens to apply for the grant through online registration. However, the link is not from the agency.
The post is detailed and has quite a few grammatical errors, according to IOL.
According to the post, the R700 is for anyone who needs help and people from the ages 18 to 65 are encouraged to apply.
Sassa posted an image of the fake notice on Twitter, with the caption reading: “Sassa warns clients against the below fake information. This message does not come from Sassa. Kindly ignore or delete it.”
In June, Sassa had to issue a warning after social grant beneficiaries were being deceived to change their cards to take a certain unknown bank card.
“The scammers claim to be working for Sassa and advise Sassa clients to open an account with a certain bank by instilling fear that the gold Sassa card will not have money by the end of June 2022,” the agency said at the time.
Sassa indicated that if there are any changes on the grant payment, the agency will inform beneficiaries through all available channels and through stakeholder engagements.
“Beneficiaries are urged to report these fraudsters to the nearest police station,” Sassa said.