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⚠️ SCAM ALERT: Fraudulent Tender Using Mary.Moela@dcs.gov.za
🚨 This is a fraudulent request for quotation (RFQ) for 200 x DSP-790 Solar Street Lights allegedly from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
🚩 Why This RFQ Is a SCAM
| Email used in similar scam patterns | Matches previous fraudulent messages impersonating DCS officials. |
| Generic wording (“Urgent RFQ”) | Common tactic to create panic and urgency. |
| You are encouraged to outsource | Real RFQs do not ask you to "find a supplier" — they expect you to be the supplier. |
| Eventually refers you to a “preferred supplier” | These are fake vendors who will ask for advance payment and disappear. |
🛑 DO NOT:
Reply to the email.
Send a quotation.
Contact any “recommended supplier” they send next.
Make any payments — even to secure the “deal.”
✅ DO:
Report the scam to:
Delete the email and mark it as phishing or spam in your email client.
Verify all government tenders ONLY through official portals:
National eTender Portal: www.etenders.gov.za
DCS: www.dcs.gov.za
🔍 If you have the RFQ document
Please upload or share it — I can confirm the typical scam format (e.g., fake logos, fake contact details, vague specs, outsourcing instructions).
🧠 How This Scam Operates
Scammer sends an official-looking RFQ.
You are told you can outsource to fulfill it.
They refer you to a fake supplier who gives you a quote.
You pay the fake supplier.
The scammer disappears. You're left with the loss.
📌 Stay Safe
Real tenders:
Come from official @dcs.gov.za accounts verified by SPF/DKIM headers.
Appear on the official government tender portals.
Never ask you to find a supplier.
Never rush or pressure for immediate submission outside official systems.
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