SNOC has been made aware of a potential scam involving individuals purporting to represent SNOC and issuing expressions of interest for tenders to vendors. The individuals demand that the vendors provide sensitive details and a payment to secure participation in the bogus tender. The scams have been pursued through various channels such as email or social media (LinkedIn etc.). The communications may include copies of SNOC’s logo and may appear authentic.

Please note that SNOC does NOT require a cash payment for expressions of interest and does NOT use its social media platforms to issue expressions of interest or conduct its tender process.

WHAT TO DO

• Protect your own internal IT systems and data and be alert and wary of any unusual requests/invitations or unfamiliar correspondence.

• Ensure regular training of your personnel on cyber frauds.

• Keep your anti-viral software updated.

• Always check email addresses, website URLs, contact details and personnel data and be extremely cautious before releasing sensitive data or making payments.

• Do not respond to unsolicited business propositions from people or e-mail addresses you do not know or trust.

• If you have any suspicions about a proposition, send a separate email to or call your SNOC PSCM representative that you typically work with to confirm whether the request received is legitimate.

• Do not disclose your personal or financial details to anyone you do not know or trust or on a website you do not trust. Should you have disclosed this information to somebody you do not know or trust or to a website you do not trust, consider reporting the incident to your local law enforcement.

• Be on the lookout for suspicious signs – e.g., communications from non-SNOC e-mail addresses (e.g., from a yahoo.com address) and requests for money.

• If you receive a request to change banking details for payment to SNOC, do not respond to the email, click any links in the email, or provide information over the telephone. Instead, send a separate email to or call your SNOC representative that you typically work with to confirm whether the request received is legitimate.

OUR POSITION

SNOC’s name and identity is being used fraudulently in these instances. In as much as we sympathise with anyone who has lost money in this way, SNOC, its subsidiary companies and its affiliates do not accept any responsibility and will not be liable for any losses incurred as a result of these illegitimate activities.