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Disclaimer, terms and conditions and points of reference to be cognizant of for Hart Homeware social media, website and competitions

The promoter

The promoter is: Hendler & Hart (Pty) Ltd., company no 2000/014361/07 whose registered office is at Cnr Brakpan Road and Power Street, Boksburg East, Gauteng PO Box 204, Boksburg 1460, South Africa.

Phishing, vishing and smishing

Phishing, smishing and vishing are email, mobile and telephone scams to steal your personal information for fraudulent activities. Be safe and vigilant.

Phishing (email) and smishing (SMS) involve fraudsters asking you to click on a link that directs you to a fake website prompting you to enter your personal information. 

Fraudsters try to trick you into clicking on the link by saying that ‘your account has been accessed’ or that ‘your account will be blocked’. They may even entice people to click on links by saying that ‘you have had a large deposit made into your account’ or that ‘you need to install new software to protect yourself’.  

What is vishing?

Vishing is social engineering over the telephone and involves fraudsters calling you and posing as bank employees who then try to con you into giving them your personal information. Their most-used tactic is to pose as a representative from the fraud department, trying to scare you into giving them your card PIN or Online Banking password to stop a fraudulent transaction. 

Fraudsters also use a technique called ‘caller identity spoofing’, where calls appear to be made from a legitimate or known number, allowing the fraudster to obtain your personal details.

Social Phishing

Social media phishing represents a rich source of income for fraudsters. Scammers often lure their victims on Facebook or Twitter or in a direct message, playing on human emotions, often advertising a gift or special offer. The link on the post takes you to a website that requests personal data or causes your computer to get infected with malware, which sends out messages from your profile to your entire contact list. Since the messages that individuals receive are from someone they trust, they end up clicking on the link, which can cause them to inadvertently download malware.

Clickbait

Attackers will put in a lot of thought to create attractive clickbait campaigns on social media. A juicy headline, an irresistible video, a trending news article — anything to get individuals to click and access a malicious link. Once an individual clicks on the link, the victim is asked to sign in again, asked to accept app permissions or is presented with a fake login screen to authenticate their information. Once you sign in, the attackers have your credentials and access to your passwords and profile information.

Hidden or Shortened URLs

Most malicious campaigns are accompanied by short URLs. While URL shortening services (like TinyURL) can save some space, they can easily masquerade as malicious URLs and make users believe the link is valid. You’ll see them everywhere on social media, but you’ll never know where you are being directed to because URL shorteners hide the full website address.

How can you avoid getting scammed on social media?

  • Provide minimal information: Only offer information you are comfortable revealing to the world. The best way to protect sensitive information is to not provide it at all. Most information required by social platforms is optional. Don’t provide more information about yourself, your family, your location, your interests, etc., unless it’s mandatory.
  • Utilize two-factor authentication: Most leading social media platforms offer two-factor authentication. Usually, this involves connecting your account with a mobile phone to verify or provide a code sent via text. This is the simplest way to stop hackers from hacking into your account.
  • Always remain doubtful: When you are on social media, it’s probably a good idea not to trust everything that comes your way or believe content that’s coming from people you already know. Don’t add contacts you don’t know or appear to be fake, don’t trust people with your personal information, don’t click on links unless you’re absolutely certain that they are from a genuine source and don’t fill in your credentials or give permissions to unknown applications.

Personal details

Don’t click on links in messages from unknown sources – we will never ask you to claim your prize by clicking on a link and giving us your personal details.

We will never call you and ask you for your card number, card PIN or Online Banking password. 

Tips on how to be safe: 

  • Never give anyone your banking details, online banking PIN and password details.
  • Never give anyone your credit or debit card CSC (three- or four-digit security number found on the front or back of your card) number and PIN.
  • Always read your Approve-it messages carefully before accepting them and never share a one-time password (OTP) with anyone.
  • Hover your mouse over any hyperlinks to see the actual URL and make sure it is the real thing. Long-pressing the hyperlink on your mobile device should also reveal the underlying hyperlink.
  • Don’t respond to phishing emails.
  • Make sure that you have up-to-date antivirus software installed on all your devices.
  • Ensure that you install the latest updates or patches to your operating system as soon as they are available to prevent criminals from exploiting security vulnerabilities on your device.
  • Don’t trust caller identity – fraudsters use number-masking software to make it look like the call is from trusted sources when it isn’t.

Social media phishing, vishing & smising

Social media channels is full of phishing, vishing and smishing and Hart Homeware has been a victim of fake profiles sending out phishing links taking you to malicious websites.

There are scammers and fraudsters who create fake social media pages or profiles, impersonating Hart Homeware. They will send you a friend request and when you accept it (sometimes without accepting), they send you an inbox message or mention you in a comment saying you are a winner and to claim your prize, you need to follow the link. This is a phishing link that is sent to you, taking you to a malicious website where they will try to steal your personal information such as banking detail, card details etc.

Please be very vigilant and do not click on any suspicious links sent to you. We will never request your banking or card details or require you to follow a link to claim your prize.

We only have one Hart Homeware Facebook page, with this link: www. facebook.com/HartHomeware. Any other profiles or pages with our name is not us. 

Agreement

By entering this competition, an entrant is bound by the said terms and conditions.

Competitions

The competition is open to residents of South Africa except employees of Hendler & Hart (Pty) Ltd. And their close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or judging of the competition.

Entry

  • Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are via Hart Homeware’s Facebook & Instagram pages.
  • There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
  • Multiple entries per person are allowed. Each like, comment & share count as an entry.
  • Entry rules
    • As described in the competition posts
  • The entrant must be following @HartHomeware on Facebook & Instagram in order to enter.

Closing date

Closing date for entry will be as described in the competition post. After this date the no further entries to the competition will be permitted.

Cancellation / Amendments / Responsibility

 The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter. No responsibility will be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.

Competition prize(s)

  • The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate or illegal prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
  • The prize is as described in the competition post:
  • The prize is as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.

Winners

  • Winners will be chosen at random by software, from all entries received and verified by Promoter and or its agents.
  • The winner will be notified by competition post, tag, email or DM on Facebook and within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
  • 15. The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected / is delivered. Estimated delivery time is between 2-4 weeks.

Promotor’s decision
The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Competition law

  • The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by South African law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.
  • The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current South African data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
  • Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Miscellaneous

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other Social Network. You are providing your information to Hendler & Hart (PTY) Ltd.  and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in conjunction with the following Privacy Policy found at https://harthomeware.co.za/privacy-policy/

Hendler & Hart (Pty) Ltd. shall have the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions, such change shall be effective immediately upon posting to this webpage.

Hendler & Hart (Pty) Ltd. also reserves the right to cancel the competition due to circumstances beyond its control.

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