Scammers target SA bushfire donations

Good Samaritans looking to help people devastated by the bushfire in South Australia's mid-north are being scammed out of donations.

"John from the SES" has been calling people for bushfire relief donations after last week's blaze, which claimed two lives and burnt through about 82,000 hectares, the SES says.

"The SES does not actively seek donations in any way and it is not conducting a phone collection for the Pinery bushfire recovery," state duty officer Ian Bonython said.

"If this happens to people, we would advise them to just hang up."