{"id":1745,"date":"2020-09-11T06:35:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2020-09-11T06:44:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:44:37","slug":"dozens-of-capitec-clients-report-money-stolen-from-their-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/dozens-of-capitec-clients-report-money-stolen-from-their-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Capitec clients report money stolen from their accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What would you do if you woke up to a notification that your Bank Account has been cleaned out &#8211; all your money has been withdrawn in the early hours of the morning?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what dozens of Capitec Bank users saw when they woke up this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\" data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media has been flooded by complaints from frustrated Capitec Bank users with screenshots of their money being withdrawn or swiped in the early hours of this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these transactions are happening at Shoprite\/Checkers stores, which gets users confused as to which Shoprite stores operate at 2 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/capitec?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#capitec<\/a> I don\u2019t remember waking up at 2:49am and doing a cash back at Shoprite &#8230;. kanti shoprite ayivuli ay 8am &#8230; I want my money back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ACtneeaGUz\">pic.twitter.com\/ACtneeaGUz<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf80Strawberry Cheesecake \ud83c\udf80 (@Radebe_merci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Radebe_merci\/status\/1304291576374587392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Capitec?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Capitec<\/a> please explain this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheckersSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CheckersSA<\/a> yall open by 02:30 now TF is going on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5GCXyoS7Kx\">pic.twitter.com\/5GCXyoS7Kx<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BLACK SHEPHERD (@BlackSimmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlackSimmi\/status\/1304291117643575297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vukani Capitec is taking our money. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/capitec?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#capitec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJ1dbqzzTP\">pic.twitter.com\/QJ1dbqzzTP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 nerdzilla (@2livundla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2livundla\/status\/1304258132890259456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\" data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of user have now updated their Limits to R0, in order to try avoid losing money from their accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just had to because according <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitecBankSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CapitecBankSA<\/a> I keep buying meat \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/capitec?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#capitec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hI7uDpCqqR\">pic.twitter.com\/hI7uDpCqqR<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hayi Suxoka!! (@aphelelejody) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aphelelejody\/status\/1304296641671892994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitec Bank posted a statement on their Twitter page: &#8220;<em><strong>We are aware of a technical issue between us &amp; another bank that has caused Capitec clients who transacted on this bank\u2019s card machines to be double deducted. Our IT team is working to rectify the issue. The transactions will be reversed within the next 24 hours.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; The Tweet further says: &#8220;<strong>We will SMS the affected clients directly. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are aware of a technical issue between us &amp; another bank that has caused Capitec clients who transacted on this bank\u2019s card machines to be double deducted. Our IT team is working to rectify the issue. The transactions will be reversed within the next 24 hours.<\/p>&mdash; Capitec (@CapitecBankSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitecBankSA\/status\/1304305296702156800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do if you woke up to a notification that your Bank Account has been cleaned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[116,292],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-top-stories","tag-capitec-bank","tag-scam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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