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PLEASE NOTE - If an auctioneer / auction company is not listed under our Member Auctioneers / Registered Auctioneers list, they are NOT SAIA registered auctioneer members, and are not registered and regulated by The SA Institute of Auctioneers the Official and only Professional Body of the Auction Industry in South Africa.
Please refer to our member auctioneers list for all current SAIA members registered under the Professional Body Status.
www.auctioneering.co.za/auctioneerlist/1035/Registered_Auctioneers/
URGENT NOTICE ALERT – BE AWARE OF SCAMS
Kindly be advised there are currently quite a few scams doing the rounds and it has come to our attention that there are some fraudulent Facebook pages impersonating Auction Businesses and advertising scam auctions on Facebook. Unfortunately, there have been members of the public who have fallen victim to these scams.
The South African Institute of Auctioneers (SAIA) proposes buyers run through the following safety tips to ensure that they do not fall victim:
Help us to prevent this from happening to others.
We urge all to please be vigilant and check that you are viewing registered auctioneer's pages and actual auctions.
If you suspect any suspicious profiles or auctions as being a scam, you can do the following:
We would like to request that our members share with us if they have had similar experiences so we can document these scams, share them with the public and expose these fraudsters.
https://www.auctionblog.co.za/10-ways-to-avoid-scammers
https://www.auctionblog.co.za/saia-online-scams-alert-campaign
https://www.auctionblog.co.za/urgent-scam-alert-warning
https://www.auctionblog.co.za/important-notice-scam-auction-warning
You can contact us directly, or Log A Complaint
The South African Institute of Auctioneers (SAIA), the official governing body for the auction industry, ADVISES the public to first confirm if an auctioneer is a SAIA member. Non-SAIA members fall outside SAIA's ambit to protect the public and don't subscribe to its Code of Ethics.
Verify auctioneers by visiting www.auctioneering.co.za/auctioneerlist/1035/Registered_Auctioneers/ or email Sonja Styger on [email protected].
Die Suid-Afrikkanse Instituut vir Afslaers (SAIA), die offisiele beskermliggaam vir die afslaers industrie, adviseer die publiek om seker te maak dat 'n afslaer wel 'n SAIA geregistreerde lid is. Nie-SAIA geregistreerde afslaers val buite SAIA se beskermingsjurisduksie waarbinne hul die publiek kan beskerm en hooef ook nie aan SAIA se Etiese Kode te voldoen nie.
Besoek www.auctioneering.co.za/auctioneerlist/1035/Registered_Auctioneers/ of stuur 'n e-pos aan Sonja Styger, [email protected] en bevestig of afslaers wel SAIA geregistreerde lede is.
I-Institute of South African Institute of Auctioneers (SAIA), ibhunga elilawulayo elisemthethweni kwintengiso, IQONDISA uluntu ukuba liqinisekise okokuqala ukuba umntu othungayo uyilungu le-SAIA. Amalungu angewona-SAIA aphelelwa ngaphandle kwe-SAIA ukulungiselela ukukhusela uluntu kwaye angabhalisi kwiKhowudi yokuziphatha.
Qinisekisa abathengisi ngokutyelela www.auctioneering.co.za/auctioneerlist/1035/Registered_Auctioneers/ okanye u-imeyile uSonja Styger ku [email protected]
Some of the scam companies portraying to be SAIA Registered members and or imitating SAIA Members:
The following companies are known to us for performing scams:
SUSPENDED-MEMBERS