Scammers Send Fake Invoices While Bosses Are Away
from the pay-up dept
Apparently, the new popular scam in Europe these days is to send companies fake invoices for accessing internet "directories." The scammers are hoping that with so many people on vacation over the summer, people won't check around carefully, and will simply cut checks. The amounts usually aren't all that high, either, making it less likely that an accounts payable person will carefully check over the invoice. Isn't this why companies use purchase order systems?
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Who's got deeper pockets?
I think this comes down to who has deeper pockets ebay or the scammers?
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This is pretty common.
These are common scams in the states too. Some common cases I've seen:
Or the trademark guy can actually be promising to send you a copy of your publication in the federal register (by being a "trademark notification service" that "tracks registration of your mark" -- i.e. they send you your own paperwork back). The latter case can get them around the fraud statutes. In fact an earlier employer was scammed this way.
Since I approve everything in writing at my company, much to people's annoyance, I catch these things before they go out.
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