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Govt warns of water and sanitation scam─── 12:16 Sat, 07 Mar 2015
Pretoria - The water and sanitation department has warned the public about a scam targetting its service providers.
DWS says in a statement that the department has over the past weeks been flooded with calls and visits from suppliers who have been scammed.
An unsuspecting supplier will receive a request for a quotation, purportedly from the department, asking for delivery of items including a certain type of cutting disc.
The discs are specified in such a way that not any other supplier will have them.
They then search for a supplier online and find the BGS Group who asks for money to be deposited into a bank account before delivery is made.
The department warns suppliers to verify the legitimacy of the orders.
Sapa
