Email Fraud Alert received from: FRANK
I recently received an email with this subject line: Invitation To Supply (SAA) 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:
Good Day
I would like to extend an invitation to your company to supply us with the attached product(s). Some of the products we may request may fall out of your scope of work hence we would like you to source the products and supply to us.
Quotations should be competitive and not less than R600 000.Kindly note all first time suppliers will be paid on C.O.D.
Regards
Procurement Officer
Lihle Ngonini
Cnr Chaplin drive and Melville Road
Illovo,Johannesburg
Tel:27 11 026 7321
South African Airways
The above email was sent by “Lihle Ngonini” from this email address: procurement@flysaairways-jhb.com
I, FRANK, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Lihle Ngonini”:
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) NUMBER: FLT-915
Date of issue: 05 October 2017
Closing Time and Date: 15:00 pm, 13 October 2017
Contact Details:
Contact Person:
Fax or email all quotations and submissions to:
Fax: +27 (0) 11 039 6900
E-mail: procurement@flysaairways-jhb.com
Lihle Ngonini
Procurement
+27 (0) 11 026 7321
1.0 QUOTATIONS ARE HEREBY INVITED FOR THE SUPPLY OF:
Item Product(s) Product Details Quantity
1. Sonetek XGP Microscope Camera 5 MP Camera 5 MP 50
Method of RFQ Submission : Submit your offers as an Electronic File in pdf format