{"id":2563,"date":"2026-01-28T11:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:35:13","slug":"selfie-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/selfie-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of &#8220;Selfie&#8221; scams: From ID verification to selfie spoofing by scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2563\" class=\"elementor elementor-2563\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c11809e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c11809e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05ed334\" data-id=\"05ed334\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1981b30 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1981b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/product\/beware-of-selfie-scams-from-id-verification-to-selfie-spoofing-by-scammers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">buy this article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-764dab2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"764dab2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-456f1a67\" data-id=\"456f1a67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49eb6294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49eb6294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Annalise Kempen<\/strong><br \/><strong>Photos and images courtesy of Pixabay and Freepik<\/strong><\/p><p>The younger generation is skilled at taking selfies and uploading them to social media. They know how to strike the right pose to make the selfies look less amateurish using remote triggers or selfie sticks. When they are satisfied with the &#8220;look&#8221; they post these selfies across social media platforms for their friends and followers to like or for comment. In a world where cybercriminals are always on the prowl for their next victims, they are even taking advantage of our selfies to perpetrate fraud.<\/p><p>In 2024, one of South Africa&#8217;s major banks warned us about a new digital banking scam linked to selfie verification, where scammers trick users into revealing details like their ID numbers. The scammer will ask someone to take a selfie of their intended victim, but by using their own (the fraudster&#8217;s) smartphone. 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