Tender scam - Trabzon Consultancy Services

This company appears to be a tender fraud targeting US companies. Beware!

A few giveaways:

1) The tel. number in the signature doesn't exist
2) The email is a private Microsoft account. No company domain email
3) The website is good but the office setup in those odd countries is a bit strange!
4) Can find no trace of the gentleman appearing in the "Contact Us" page
5) No trace of the Email sender anywhere!


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From: ZEKI Kaya <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:56 AM
Subject: Sales Inquiry

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is Zeki Kaya from Trabzon Consultancy Services.

There is an available invitation to tender suitable for your products and I would like to inquire if your company will be interested to submit offer for your products in Turkey.

Please confirm interest by sending product catalog/price list for our review.

We wait your reply.

Best Regards


T.C.S.
Zeki Kaya
AREA MANAGER Trabzon Consultancy Services
No:73 Kat.1 No.1 İskenderun,
Turkey.
http://www.trabzonconsult.com


Turkey: +90 966 831 8818
[email protected]

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Trabzon Consultancy Services (T.C.S.) - No:73 Kat.1 No.1 İskenderun, Turkey.
Contact: [email protected]

Whois Record for TrabzonConsult.com

Domain Profile
Registrant WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Org WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant Country pa
Registrar NAMECHEAP INC NameCheap, Inc.
IANA ID: 1068
URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Whois Server: whois.namecheap.com

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Registrar Status clientTransferProhibited

Created on 2019-07-08
Expires on 2020-07-08

It appears they created a fake website from a legitimate company.

The legitimate company:
https://www.tender-service.com/contact

The fake one:
https://trabzonconsult.com/contact.html

So they keep the pictures and change the names around!

It appears they also set this fake website up as well. The same fake people on the "Contact Us" page! Clearly another tender scam. None of the addresses exist, fake telephone number, in fact everything fake!

They should know Qatar and Saudi Arabia don't work on Fridays!! Amateurs!

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