I too feel like and idiot. Hindsight is always 20/20. I got the same call, talked to your boss, said to call you, blah blah blah. Then I mentioned it to my Admin Asst who promptly googled it and found this site. Luckily the order has not arrived yet and we will be denying acceptance of this order. ...
On June 12 I received a phone call from a woman named Jesse, she said that she was calling from Tornado Office Supplies; she said she spoke with the owner of the company, so I asked her how did she get his name and number and she said a friend of his. She said they were a small office supply ...
I wish I would have found this site back in October of because I had a man call me a tell me everything that I have just read..."they are moving... Sick father... Leaving the area... Must get rid of some inventory... Blah. Blah..." He ended up sending me LOTS of items in gross and it ...
Simple FRAUD-person from Fraudulent company calls and asks who handles supplies. Once they get the name a few weeks go by and Fraudulent company sends via UPS and/or Fed Ex boxes of supplies never ordered. Legal purchase order never maintained. Suddenly an invoice will appear for a product well ...
I also answered a call one day from someone who said they had just spoken to my boss about supplies. She mentioned her father-in-law worked with my boss's father. She mentioned my boss by name. She continued with mentioning that she understood from my boss that there was not a lot of storage space ...
Wow! I'm honestly frightened by the effectiveness of this scam. I consider myself savvy, but I fell hook, line and sinker. These people do their homework! They seemed to know one of our management personnel very well and claimed to be a former client of his and stated that he had referred them to ...