May 2013

SARS warns taxpayers of refund scam Taxpayers should be wary of a scam using the SA Revenue Services (SARS) logo to defraud people, an official warned. “Members of the public are randomly emailed with false spoofed emails made to look as if these emails were sent from SARS, but are in fact fraudulent emails aimed at enticing unsuspecting taxpayers to part with personal information, such as bank account details,”  SARS spokesperson Marike Muller said. Muller said in a statement some of the emails from returns@sars.co.za or refunds@sars.co.za , indicating that taxpayers were eligible to receive tax refunds. The subject of some of the emails was “Your payment from SARS” and the wording was “Dear Taxpayer, accept your refund here from the Refund...