I get a message from Standard bank to say my information has been fraudulently obtained from debit-in ... an external 3 rd party recovery partner ... Standard bank inform me that they have enhanced their security to protect my accounts.

I think nothing of it .. because I had just opened an FNB account the same day ... I thought maybe FNB had done some sort credit checks or something.

Today I get another SMS informing me that Telkom had sold my personal information to debit-in at some point in the past and now there has been a security breach.

I should apply for protective registration with the SA fraud prevention services to prevent the use of my details.

I am thinking spam ?