We are a business and just received a bill from "UST" (www.us-telecom.com) for $425 for a telecom maintenance agreement which "covers preventative maintenance on all telecom system equipment, including, telephone instruments, switches, routers, & cabling". The bill certainly looks legitimate though we have never done any business with this organization and it's the first I've heard of them. Anyone not knowing any better might just pay it, which is what I'm sure they rely on.
Luckily our finance department questioned it and forwarded it to my group for approval, which of course we did not provide. There was another report on this company dated 6/5 which had a scanned image of the bill they received and it is identical to the bill we received. I'd strongly recommend informing everyone you know about this scam, particularly your finance/AP department so you don't fall victim to this scam.
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