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I'm a little unclear as to how how exactly they planned to enforce payment for un-solicited toner. What am I missing?


Sending random invoices to companies hoping they'll just pay without thinking about it is a pretty common scam actually. Here in Germany for instance you start getting dozens of fake invoices via ordinary mail the exact second you register a new company, and I guess it's not very different in other countries.


They're scam is that when they invoice - they hope that the company is big enough to the point where A/P just pays it when they say "Yeah so-and-so in IT confirmed this order" -- they are hoping that the initial contact and the AP departments dont talk.


Then why even bother sending a pallet of toner? Lots of other invoicing scams "invoice" for non-existent stuff.


Perhaps for psychological effect


http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus24-avoiding-office-supp...

They threaten, talk to A/P directly and demand payment (skipping over the original agent), all sorts of ways.


How long ago was this written? They make reference to ordering typewriter ribbons ...


The PDF says March of 2000, but it was probably around for decades beforehand :)


Exactly.




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