The City of Tshwane has warned the public of a fraudster that is sending emails to service providers impersonating the City’s Chief Financial Officer about the appointment of a tender.
According to the City, the scammer is sending emails purporting to be the city’s Chief Financial Officer, Gareth Mnisi, and requesting that service providers contact them regarding the appointment of a tender to supply, deliver and off-load printing paper, files and envelopes for a period of three years, as and when required.
“The email is clearly manufactured by a fraudster and should be ignored. The public and potential service providers of the city are warned to not fall for such requests communicated via email or any other platform. The City’s tenders are advertised in various newspapers,” the city said on Thursday.
The City said it will be registering a case docket with the South African Police Service and ask them to escalate the matter to the Hawks.
“The City hopes that the fraudster will be apprehended and prosecuted for committing crime using the name of the metropolitan’s CFO,” the city said. - SAnews.gov.za
