Email Fraud Alert received from: Andre
I recently received an email with this subject line: eskom-supplychain.co.za 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:
To whom it may concern
Request For Proposal – MED000697L
Eskom invites all interested parties to submit their Request For Proposal on the following product attached.
All quotations are to be submitted not later than Monday 22 August 2022
Goods to be delivered at : Medupi Power Station, Lephalale Limpopo 0555 South Africa
Closing date: Monday 22 August 2022
Closing time: 11:00am
Contact person: Solly Mkhize
Contact number on +27 12 516 0622 / +27 78 517 6675
Contact email : solly_mkhize@eskom-supplychain.co.za?
NB: This is an urgent quotation and only suppliers that are fully compliant on the CSD may respond with their letterhead quotation along with supporting documents which include a valid BEE certificate or a sworn affidavit, company registration documents and a valid SARS tax clearance certificate. feel free to contact me on the details provided below should you have any queries.
Eskom Holdings Soc Ltd,
Level 0 Eskom Office Blocks,
1 Gobie St,Newlands
Pretoria
0181.
Kind Regards,
Procurement Officer
Mr Solly Mkhize
Tel No: +27 12 516 0622
Cell No:+ 27 78 517 6675
E-mail address: solly_mkhize@eskom-supplychain.co.za
The above email was sent by “Solly Mkhize” from this email address: solly_mkhize@eskom-supplychain.co.za
I, Andre, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Solly Mkhize”:
Attached was an official looking document with the details of the request. I had a look to see when the domain eskom-supplychain.co.za had been registered and the date of first registration was 28 June 2022 – https://coza.net.za/cgi-bin/whois.sh?Domain=eskom-supplychain&Enter=Enter . Are we to believe that Eskom would randomly register such a domain (via GoDaddy nodal!) and then send unsolicited e-mails looking for quotations? WTF!