Search.za.com is a Scam do not be fooled.

www.search.za.com is a facebook advertising scam that has been doing the rounds on the internet, and is the latest guise of the perpertraitors of the FBG Internet Scam . If they call you offering their advertising sevices for social media and google do not be fooled. They are out to rip you off. You can read all about their tactics a and methods on another blog we set up to stop the www.search.za.com people ripping people off.


Below is a message from Jodie who fell foul to the FBG internet Scam and then incredibly the same people called her again to rip her off with their new Scam from search.za.com


Here is Jodies story.

Hi Oliver

Hope you are well! You won’t believe it – but I was contacted today by a company calling themselves Search – www.search.za.com who I believe are the same guys that have been running the FBG internet marketing scam, obviously your blog has made life tough for them and they are onto new ventures. The phone call was the same modus operandi as the FBG guys, I played along as it gave me great pleasure to call them out on this possible new scam. They claimed they are based in Cape Town and when I requested that we set up a meeting as we have a branch in Cape Town, I was told this would not be possible as all their contact is online. My initial contact was Oliver who then started to panic a bit and passed me onto Ben. 

I asked Ben his surname and it took him a minute to reply with Graham (he obviously had to think about this one). I then asked that in order to do business with them I would need their company registration number, their VAT number, physical address and bank details. They would not give me any of these details and instead tried to lecture me on the South African Revenue Service and their policies and practices. They claimed that without a VAT number they would not be able to open an account with Standard Bank – not true. The gentleman on the other side of the line, the third person I had been passed onto was clearly incredibly frustrated by my questions and then decided personal insults were the way forward – telling me that if I was making such a big deal about R1399 then it was not worth their while (Aaah, it’s not the money boys – it’s the principle). I then thanked him for amusing me and allowing me the opportunity of wasting his time and I hung up.

Have a look at their website – no direct contact details only the technical guys that you can contact by opening a ticket – sound familiar? J They also have a tool on their website which supposedly lets you verify them with Google. Their product they load onto the back end of your website – scary thought these guys having access to your website!

Kind Regards

Jodie