Bongani P

Urgent Requests for Quotation ****

Please be cautious of any requests for quotations you receive via email from the Department of Employment and Labour. There is an ongoing **** that uses the department's name, logo, and official-looking documents to request quotes for products that can only be obtained from providers involved in the ****. The products and suppliers are not legitimate and you can verify this by checking how many suppliers sell the requested product online. If you find that the product is not available from any reputable and well-known supplier, this should raise a red flag. The **** is well-organized and may appear legitimate with official-looking emails, but you can easily identify these ****s by the email address they come from. Legitimate Department of Labour emails always end with @labour.gov and nothing else after @ besides labour.gov. These ****s use email addresses such as @labour-inquiries.org or @tenders-labour.org. These emails are not from the Department of Employment and Labour. The online suppliers to watch out for involved in this **** include Atvogue Holdings and Havoc Industrial Supply and I am sure that there are many others that I am not aware of. So, if you are asked to send a quote for a product that is only available from only one or two suppliers online, who seem to have a few products in their catalogue, please be extremely cautious and conduct a thorough investigation before making any payments.