Email Fraud Alert received from: Ben
I recently received an email with this subject line: Request For Quotation 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 ????????
KINDLY FIND THE ATTACHED RFQ
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Regards
Kgomotso Tau
Phone: 012 743 6081
Fax : 086 608 6027
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Private Bag X828
Pretoria 0001
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Request For Quotation.pdf
The above email was sent by “Kgomotso” from this email address: Kgomotso@healthdp-gov.co.za
I, Ben, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Kgomotso”:
Received RFQ from department of health, Kgomotso@healthdp-gov.co.za
The email domain name looked strange to me and I verified DOH which confirmed fraud.
Please be aware.
Regards