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Shivar D

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2017

07 May 2021, 14:34

Easy to open accounts with **** IDs

I've been fighting a case for almost 3 years.

I've been a victim of ***** (paid a retailer via EFT that had an ABSA account). I've opened up a ***** case at the police station. The feedback I received from the police is that the person used a **** ID to open the account to get people to EFT money to them. The police could not get any more information on the person that opened the account because even the proof of address is ****.

My question is, how do you let a person open an account with a **** ID and **** proof of address? I've been seeking answers for years and ABSA keeps saying that they're not liable. How can you not be liable if you guys opened an account with a **** ID and **** proof of address?

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Shivar D's update25 May 2021, 09:19
Reviewer Update
ABSA rep****:

The Absa account has since been closed in our books and therefore, there is no money to recover from that account.

Absolutely useless, they cannot even trace the person that opened the account.