By Josh Hanrahan For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 06:09 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 06:10 GMT, 16 February 2019
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It was meant to be the family holiday of a lifetime.
An African safari loaded with lions, cheetahs, giraffes and hippopotami was the trip the Browne family had been saving for years.
But within just 48 hours of touching down in Cape Town, South Africa, the holiday of their dreams had turned into the holiday from hell.
When Kate Browne finally had enough service to check her internet banking, it was apparent very quickly that something had gone astray - to the tune of $12,000.
An African safari loaded with lions, cheetahs and giraffes was meant to be the trip of a lifetime for the Browne family - but on day two hackers stole their debit card details, and $12,000
When fater 12 days Kate Browne (pictured) finally had enough internet service to check her bank balance she noticed she had lost $1,000-a-day
'I was conscious of not using my Visa debit card too much but we started in Cape Town, a big international city,' Ms Browne told News.com.au.
'I used my card at the airport, the hostel and a big shopping centre in the big tourist area.'
On the second day of their trip, at one of the previously mentioned locations across Cape Town, Ms Browne's debit card details had been
