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🚨 SCAM ALERT: Fake Tender from “Department of Employment & Labour” – sibongile.mlangeni@labourtenders.online
Criminals are once again impersonating government departments to target unsuspecting businesses with fraudulent tender scams. A new fake Request for Tender (RFT) is being circulated, using the name Sibongile Mlangeni and a fake domain: @labourtenders.online.
📧 Scam Email Sample
From: sibongile.mlangeni@labourtenders.online
Subject: Request for Tender (RFT)Good Day Sir/Madam,
Department of Employment & Labour hereby invites you to submit your quotation for supply and delivery of the product on the attached request.
Note: You do not need to be in scope or expertise of the product; you can outsource the product and send us your company’s quotation.
Please respond urgently.
Kind Regards,
Procurement Department
Department of Employment & Labour
Address: Laboria House, 215 Francis Baard Street, Pretoria
🚩 Major Red Flags
| Fake domain: labourtenders.online | The official Labour domain is labour.gov.za. Any .online variation is not legitimate. |
| No official tender reference number | Real tenders always include RFT/RFQ reference numbers and appear on the National Treasury eTenders portal. |
| Urgent request to outsource | Legitimate tenders do not encourage outsourcing with such language. |
| Vague or missing specifications | Often used to rush recipients into replying before verifying. |
| No official contact or signature | Real government emails include proper titles, phone numbers, and links to their website. |
🎭 The Scam Strategy
The scammer sends you a generic but urgent RFQ/RFT.
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You’re encouraged to find the product from a third-party (often one they control).
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Once you pay the third-party supplier (believing you have a government order), the supplier disappears.
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You are left with no payment from “government” and a significant financial loss.
🔍 Example Scam Details
| sibongile.mlangeni@labourtenders.online | |
| Fake Department | Department of Employment & Labour |
| Fake Address Used | Laboria House, 215 Francis Baard Street |
| Red Flag Phrase | “You don’t have to be in scope” |
| Fake Procurement Contact | No legitimate contact provided |
✅ How to Verify Tenders
To avoid falling victim:
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Check all tenders at:
🔗 https://www.etenders.gov.za -
Verify the domain: Government departments only use gov.za email addresses.
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Call the department using numbers from the official Labour website:
🔗 https://www.labour.gov.za -
Never send money or procure stock before verifying the authenticity of the tender.
📢 Report the Scam
If you’ve received this or a similar email:
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📧 Report it to: fraud@labour.gov.za
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📧 National Treasury’s anti-fraud line: fraud@treasury.gov.za
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🕵️ SAPS Commercial Crime Unit (for fraud cases)
⚠️ REMEMBER:
Government departments do not use Gmail, Outlook, or .online domains for official procurement.
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