{"id":224473,"date":"2019-11-28T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224473\/be-careful-of-scammers-posing-as-metro-officials\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T12:28:47","slug":"be-careful-of-scammers-posing-as-metro-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/28\/be-careful-of-scammers-posing-as-metro-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Be careful of scammers posing as metro officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The festive season is approaching and many scammers are sharpening their skills to rob people of their belongings, particularly money.<\/p>\n

As such, the metro warns residents to beware of scammers, who are already out there, ready to trick people into giving them money under the pretense that they are metro employees.<\/p>

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Recently, the metro experienced a ransomware attack, which is malicious software used by cyber criminals to either block, or threaten to publish your data, unless a sum of money or ransom is paid.<\/p>\n

The most common way ransomware enters corporate networks is through email.<\/p>\n

Scammers often include interesting links or attachments in emails that look harmless.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the year, the metro has been flooded with complaints from people who have been scammed into giving money to people pretending to be municipal officials.<\/p>\n

Many victims were made to believe that they had won a tender to supply the city with 240-litre waste wheelie bins, which led them to being lured into depositing large amounts of money into a bank account the scammers claimed belongs to the municipality.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, other residents had strangers walk into their premises posing as metro officials and claiming they are there to monitor water and electricity meter boxes, but instead they get robbed.<\/p>\n

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Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Ashley Kiley (Journalist)\u00a0ashleyk@caxton.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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