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Discovery Bank warns clients about rising scams

# Discovery Bank has warned clients about rising scams in South Africa involving criminals impersonating teams fighting fraud. Victims are pressured into revealing card details under the pretext of stopping suspicious transactions. The bank urged users to never share card information and to switch to safer options like virtual cards. A recent survey showed over 60-percent of high earners are more concerned about digital fraud, with millions already lost. Card-not-present fraud has risen by 18.4-percent.