Are you sure this isn’t a scam?
Import duties are a scam to begin with.
That is a scam, they probably send mass texts linked to tracking numbers that have a registered phone number.
Don’t even need an associated list, just a random list of phone numbers. People online shop enough.
It probably isn’t as the banking industry is crazy
Banking network engineer here: Never give out your login details. Not to your mom. Not to your brother. Not to me. Not to a company. Not to a random guy in India. Don’t do it.
Mmmmmmm baking engineer…
lol whoops. I do like the idea of that tho.
Agreed. However, there are services that login on your behalf. It is incredibly dumb but they exist.
Just to be entirely clear, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR LOGIN
Partners are the stupidest fuckers on the planet. I won’t name names, but I have sicced my governance team on fucking http (NO S) websites, usage of certificate pinning, public-facing databases! (Protected by a shitty 2000’s-era username+password login interface) transferring credit card numbers in CLEAR TEXT. I swear I’ve seen every possible idiotic move from partners.
Ask them for their bank login details so you can deposit the money directly into their account.
This is the best
I would be completely astonished if this was legit. If you’ve already filled out the form, change you banking password and contact your bank immediately.
I have some surprising news for you then
By all means, surprise away!
It is probably legit
It’s probably against your bank’s TOS to give your password to a 3rd party. No way this is legit. Run away.
My understanding is that should you disclose your credentials you would generally void any fraud protection the banks may offer.
It probably is. Its for convenience reasons. They pull up your bank page in the background and automatic login and parse the page.
It is incredibly dumb and I would strongly advise against it
Why would you need to give them your login details why couldn’t you just sign into your bank account yourself? You still have to provide the details either way so it’s not convenient.
- everyone everywhere
Super massive red flag there.
Love that Muse song.
🎶 Ooh baby don’t you know I suffer Oh baby when you phished my bank You sent me to a dodgy website Using a convincing link
Ooooooh-ooooh You drained my bank account Ooooooh-ooooh You drained my bank account🎶
Scam
Google seems to suggest they’re some sort of fintech company out of South Africa? Either way if that’s their product then I’d run a mile in the other direction, and then another just be sure.
Yep. They’ve been around for years.
Normally you would just give them your card info like any other online pay site like PayPal etc. but I don’t know why they suddenly decided to give everyone at the company a deluxe lobotomy
I saw this shit yesterday when I was trying to buy a weed cart online (still not sure if it’s legal or not. I still hear stories of those moron cops arresting people for “drug possession” i.e. didn’t pay a bribe)
Noped out and just gave the clearnet grey market drug website virtual card info that’s gonna expire in a few hours anyway
Yeah no. Plaid is one thing but giving access to your bank login to pay an invoice is something quite another. If it’s legit they can accept a card payment, or send you to a PayPal invoice.
Don’t. And report them to your bank.
I’ve seen this in a few places
Just to be clear, the answer is absolutely NO.
Well that’s a scam
Seen the same thing with other third party payment systems in south africa. Run away my dude.
As a fellow saffer, and a person who works with scam victims, I’m curious as to what services asked you to do that? Feel free to pm me.
This kind of stuff got legalised in Germany: Banks said that e.g. Sofortüberweisung was instigating their customers to break their TOS and should be shut down, anti-trust then said “nuh-uh you can’t just shut down legitimate business” (Sofort is indeed legitimate) and instead put third-party systems under banking regulations, and required ordinary banks to have APIs allowing third parties do do sensible things.
…which theoretically could mean that you’re sent to your actual bank to authorise and thus getting rid of the normalising phishing problem, dunno, haven’t checked I’m boycotting them out of principle for going down that route in the first place. Don’t serve any purpose now that we have real-time transfers, anyway.
Do not share this info. Never. Always a bad idea.
Make sure you email them your mothers maiden name and date of birth too, just to be safe it goes through
What could go wrong?
They look trustworthy, right?
Swear on me mum, scout’s honor
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Also, gonna need your login credentials…
