9 October 2025 – The latest scam is an email with the subject line ‘Settlement Notification – Action Required by 13 October 2025’. It continues to say ‘Settlement is due on or before 13 October 2025. Failure to settle this amount by the due date may result in legal actions.’ People are prompted to click on a PDF attachment with fraudulent bank details. Please don’t click on any suspect links, attachments or pay money into bank accounts. See here how payments to SARS are handled.
If in doubt, always see the scam alerts published on the Scams & Phishing webpage or email the SARS Anti-phishing team on [email protected].
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