An R700 new grant from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has recently become popular on social media. South Africans aged between 18 and 65 years have been told that they can register and commence receiving payments from 2025. According to official SASSA declarations, the grant has never existed; these messages have been termed as hoaxes meant to swindle individuals and probably steal their personal information.
Identifying And Evading Grants Scams
Keep your guard up as far as the following characteristics are possible in securing you from any fraudulent schemes:
- Charge for Application: SASSA does not charge applicants any fees to process their grant applications. It automatically hints at some scam when someone asks you to pay to process your application.
- Request for Personal Information: Don’t give out any sensitive information like your PIN, password, or bank information to unsolicited messages. Authentic organizations wouldn’t ask you this through unsolicited means.
- Offers That Seem Too Good to Be True: Most promises of easy money tend to lure scam victims. Always check such offers via official channels.
- Suspicious Links: Do not click unknown links, as these are phishing websites from which your data will be stolen.
- Unverifiable Communication: Be in possession only of those information items that have been demonstrated through the official channel of SASSA, as well as scouring social media with posts there that are not from verified accounts.
R94,000 Legitimate SASSA Grant April 2025 Payment Dates
Several legitimate grants are offered to South African citizens by SASSA. The following are the payment dates for such grants as of April 2025:
- Older Persons Grant: Wednesday the 2nd of April, 2025
- Disability Grant: Thursday the 3rd of April, 2025
- Children’s Grants (Child Support and Foster Care): Friday the 4th of April, 2025
Thus, South Africans must come on specified dates to collect the grants to be timely to access funding and prevent unnecessary delays.
Conclusion
Keeping abreast and being watchful are vital to keep one from con scenarios so people would be able to enjoy the benefits they are entitled to. Even so, one must refer all relevant information directly from SASSA’s official communications regarding grants or payment schedules. Anyone who comes across any suspicious messages or offers must report it to SASSA or relevant authorities in order to prevent other people from being victims of scams.
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