Email Fraud Alert received from: Malusi
I recently received an email with this subject line: Eskom Invitation to Tender and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Att: Invitation to Tender
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (hereinafter “Eskom”) invites you to submit a tender for the Delivery and supply of the following items:
Model No. AWQSCTR321
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited request you to bid and assure possible supply of this products. Eskom will duly appreciate it if you can help us
in sourcing for this products urgently.
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited will accept third-party supply to insure this items are supplied and delivered to us. Bidders should submit Quotation to the following: (tender@e-skom.com)
Sincerely,
Tender RFQ enquiries or queries must be directly as follows:
ESKOM HOLDINGS SOC LIMITED’s Representative
Kusile Power Station Project
Attention: Jeffrey M. Bosman
Tel: +27 (0) 110564063
Fax: +27 (0) 865491416
Email: tender@e-skom.com
The above email was sent by “Eskom Tender” from this email address: eskomten@yahoo.com
I, Malusi, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Eskom Tender”:
SO – how scary is this? I did a Google Search for the model number quoted – Model No. AWQSCTR321. I landed on ONE SITE ONLY that ‘had’ this item. the site allows you to CHECK OUT but does not even show a price for the item. Alarm bells began to ring in my head when I saw that the site – exclusivegadgetstore.com was only registered on 28 September 2018. AND, of course, the email addresses listed in the mail are ALL wrong. e-skom.com! Really?