Scam Type
Utility Scam
Business Name Used
Unavailable
Date Reported
October 24, 2024
Postal Code
24382
Total Dollars Lost
$ 0
Scam Description
We received a box in the mail from this company. The return address is as follows: PETE LAWLESS (800) 219-7790 Inland Empire IND SPLS INC /12741 Magnolia AVE/ Riverside CA 92503. This package was addressed to my husband who has never ordered or bought anything from them. We did not open the box, so we don’t know what’s inside, but it’s pretty heavy. We looked up this company and found many complaints across the web of people saying it’s a scam and that they will send a box of items along with an invoice saying that you owe them money for the items and if you don’t pay, they’ll threaten legal action. My husband also received a call from a strange number he didn’t recognize and are pretty sure it must be connected to this. We are planning to return the unopened box to sender and will ignore any phone calls, texts, emails from these people, but we are worried that they will continue to harass us and accuse of us of not paying for these items which we never ordered. Please do something to shut down this company’s shady business practices. This Pete Lawless guy even has a LinkedIn profile, but I’m sure he’s a fake person that the actual people behind all this are using as a decoy. This company is quite predatory and legal action needs to be taken against them. I believe they target people (typically men) with blue collar type jobs who order lots of parts from reputable companies. Perhaps they have hacked into their databases to find targets such as my husband.
