Members of a syndicate have been using fraudulent Eskom payslips to acquire personal loans from various banks in the country, the power utility said on Thursday.
Spokesperson Fani Zulu said the scam had been operating since September.
"Perpetrators usually approach a bank to request a personal loan. They would then produce a fraudulent identity document and supply the bank with a fraudulent Eskom payslip," Zulu said.
"On closer inspection, the format of the payslip will be of poor quality and the logo will turn out to be of an incorrect Eskom format."
He declined to reveal the banks concerned and the money acquired by the fraudsters from the scam.
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"I'm just worried about the amount of information we reveal because there is an ongoing investigation and we would not want to warn the perpetrators," he said.
He said Eskom was alerted when the banks concerned called to verify if the loan applicants were indeed employed by the power utility.
"Eskom wishes to request banks and other money-lending institutions to be on the lookout for these devious and fraudulent methods of borrowing money," Zulu said.
He advised all financial institutions who may be approached by the fraudsters to call the toll free crime line on 080-011-2722. - Sapa
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