SMME NEWS - JAN 2018 ISSUE

Tender
fraudsters
on a rise
January 2018
Kuzoqhilika
SMME
NEWS
izihlathi ngophethroli
3
Nomcebo Mncube
SMMEs are faced with different
challenges on a daily basis, challenges
such as trying to sustain
their businesses, gaining investor’s
trust and sealing lucrative
deals to help fuel their businesses.
It comes as no surprise
that they are often targeted by
scammers, knowingly that they
will do anything to keep their
businesses afloat.
At the moment the hottest topic
currently trending in South Africa
is tender fraud. Many companies
and individuals has been
victims of such malicious practice.Therefore,
various national
government departments have
warned the public and companies
about fraudsters or individuals
who pretend to be the government
representatives sending
emails to some business owners.
Most scams include fraudsters
using department letterheads to
send fake tenders to companies
and request them to provide
goods and equipment.
The targeted companies are
requested to supply specific products
which are hard to find. And
when you search for the products
online, you find that there is only
one company in South Africa
which offers those products. Even
though the company might look
legit. It is NOT, it is a SCAM and
that is where people lose their
money.
There are several things you need
to check if you have been contacted
by fraudsters who claim to
be government representatives.
• You need to lookout for the
order/purchase number. As the
Government will never send an
email asking you to supply goods
and equipment.
• The banking details are in a
private name and not a company
name. Government will NEVER
ask you to deposit funds for any
business transaction.
• You need to check the sender’s
email address. All the government
email address end with ‘gov.
za’, if the email contains or end
with ‘gov.org.za’ or ‘org.za you’
you should know that is a scam.
• The contact details provided on
the letterhead. Be cautions that
although the numbers may look
valid, they are not connected to a
property. Call the number to be
sure.
• When searching on the Internet
for the address of the company
that has sent the fake tender
document, the address does not
exist.
You are advised to always be
vigilant about tender fraud. If
you suspect or you are aware of
tender fraud, you can report it
anonymously on 0800 701 701
Intatheli ye SMME
Ukusimama kwe Randi
uma liqhathaniswa ne
Dollar sekuholele ekutheni
uphinde wehle uPhethroli
njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi wehle
ngo-41 cents ekuqaleni kuka
Nhlolanja 2018.
Njengamanje iRandi lihweba
phakathi kuka R12.30 no R12.40 uma
liqhathaniswa ne Dollar laseMelika.
Ngokusho kuka Layton Beard
wenhlangano ebhekelela izimoto
i-Automobile Association (AA)
lokhu kuyizindaba ezinhle kwazise
uPhethroli usanda kwehla esikhathini
esingengakanani esedlule.
“Ukusimama kwerandi kusho
ukuthi uma sithenga impahla
kwamanye amazwe sikhokha imali
encane. Uma sithenga uphethroli
namanye amafutha asetshenziswa
emotweni kusho ukuthi sizosebenzisa
imali encane, Ucwaningo lwethu
lukhombisa ukuthi uphethroli
uzokwehla ngo-41 cents, udizili
wehle ngo-23 cents bese upharafini
wehle ngo-26 cents,” kusho uBeard
ngaphambi kokuqhuba ngokuthi
isimo sezepolitiki kuleli sinomthelela
ekwenzeni kahle kwe Randi.
“Abatshalizimali babheka izinqumo
ezithathwa ngosopolitiki nemithetho
abayishayayo ezweni. Uma
beshaya imithetho engabacindezeli
osomabhizinisi kusho ukuth
abatshalizimali beza ngobuningi
KULINDELEKE amanani kaphethilomu ehle
babo kodwa uma bebona sengathi
imithetho icindezela osomabhizinisi
baye babheke kwamanye amazwe,”
Kusonga u Beard.
Ukwehla kuka phethroli kuyizindaba
ezinhle kakhulu kosomabhizinisi
abasafufusa kwazise ukuqhuba
ibhizinisi kudinga ukwehla
nokwenyuka uhlangana nabantu
abanhlobonhlobo abangaphosa
esivivaneni ukuze kusimame
ibhizinisi.