Scam Type
Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill Scam
Business Name Used
LPCC
Date Reported
Sep 21, 2022
Victim Postal Code
31522
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
This mail arrived in my mailbox the same day as the other mail from Georgia Certified Document Services. The letter was mostly the same as the other one. It had a form at the bottom for me to complete just like the other one. It was white, not yellow like the other one. It stated that my business is required by Federal Law to post a current compliant labor law poster at my business whether I have 1 employee or 1,000. It also stated that I could be fined in excess of $7,000 per instance for failing to comply. On the form, it stated that you could pay by check, credit, or debit card.
Paying by either would be extremely risky especially when you don’t know the person who is asking you for money. For example, if you used a debit card that was linked to your bank account, the scammer could steal all your money from your bank account.
The same thing could happen if you sent a check to the scammer, all the scammer would need is your bank routing and account number which is on the check then he could steal all of your money from your bank account. And of course, he could run up your credit card bill if you used a credit card to send him money. The scammer asked me to pay him $98 in document fees.
Again I went to the Internet to investigate this mail that was sent to me and again, I came to the conclusion that it was a scam being perpetrated in order to get money from me. And so I did NOT send the scammer any money.
