South Africans expressed financial scam concerns in a recent survey conducted by FICO. According to the survey, 91% of adult South Africans said they had sent a real-time payment (RTP), 92% had received an RTP and 90% will maintain or increase their use of RTP over the next year.
However, 64% of respondents said friends or family members have been victims of scams. 19% of respondents said they had paid for investments, goods or services they never received.