Tender scams often use fake LPOs, copied letterheads, urgent supplier registration fees, or impersonated government and corporate buyers.
Search the phone number, email, domain, organization name, Paybill/Till, and names used by the buyer or procurement officer.
Call the organization through an independently sourced switchboard or official procurement contact, not the number in the tender message.
Watch for last-minute registration fees, supplier onboarding fees, fake tax/document charges, and requests to buy from a named third-party vendor first.
Real procurement processes should survive independent verification and should not rely only on WhatsApp documents.
Not always, but fees demanded by an unknown contact before official verification are high-risk. Confirm with the organization using official contacts.
Search names, phone numbers, domains, emails, payment numbers, document wording, and any vendor you are told to pay or buy from.
Search any suspicious identifier, then report it if you have evidence that can warn others.
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