The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) would like to caution members of the public about a fraudlent tender contract appointment letter to supply and install a 40 kilometre diamond mesh fence around the Tafelkop Farm in the Ellias Motsoaledi local municipality within the Sekhukhune District Municipality in Limpopo.

The appointment letter bearing the correct department’ name and logo, but with a forged signature purported to belong to Mr L Mahloromela who is an official of the department, and the incorrect email address and cellphone number is an attempted scam intended to extort money from the unsuspecting business people.

According to the fraudlent letter, unsuspecting business people are asked to make an upfront payment of R3000.00 to secure appointment as a service provider to supply and install the fence. The   fraudsters strictly require the money to be deposited into untraceable money market platform after which they dissapear with the deposit.

The content of the fraudulent letter reads as follows:

“The Managing Director

Kindly inform the Director to contact me asap regarding the tender no: CONLP 00012 2121 2022

APPOINTMENT OF A CONTRACTOR TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL 40 KM DIAMOND MESH FENCE AROUND THE TAFELKOP FARM IN ELLIAS MOTSOALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, WITHIN SEKHUKHUNE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY IN LIMPOPO PROVINCE’’.

The Department appeals to the public to ignore these types of letters and they should rather verify any information relating to tenders with the Department.

The bid was advertised on both the CIDB and  the bid is still in the evaluation stage. Members of the public are encouraged to contact the department directly using the correct departmental contact information which can be found on the official departmental website at  www.dalrrd.gov.za .

Source: Government of South Africa