Heads up if you arent familiar with this scam. Its worth passing on to your accounting team at work.
These fake invoices are making the rounds. I caught this one as the check was being signed. Ive seen at least 3 so far this year.
Here is how it works. This company runs a business directory. But the thing is, NOBODY uses it. Its worthless.
They send out invoices like this that look legit. Many times people mistake this for their web hosting fees, domain registration, or something else legit. That is what they depend on.
If you fall for the scam and pay the fee, they add your company to their directory. (did I mention that nobody uses their website so you will get no value out of the listing?)
And since they are technically providing a service, what they are doing is not illegal. They prey on overworked accounting folks that aren't paying attention and accidentally pay it with all of the rest of the company's bills.
What is sad, is you can go to their website and effectively see a list of everyone who has fallen for the scam. A LOT of people have.
Good luck.
These fake invoices are making the rounds. I caught this one as the check was being signed. Ive seen at least 3 so far this year.
Here is how it works. This company runs a business directory. But the thing is, NOBODY uses it. Its worthless.
They send out invoices like this that look legit. Many times people mistake this for their web hosting fees, domain registration, or something else legit. That is what they depend on.
If you fall for the scam and pay the fee, they add your company to their directory. (did I mention that nobody uses their website so you will get no value out of the listing?)
And since they are technically providing a service, what they are doing is not illegal. They prey on overworked accounting folks that aren't paying attention and accidentally pay it with all of the rest of the company's bills.
What is sad, is you can go to their website and effectively see a list of everyone who has fallen for the scam. A LOT of people have.
Good luck.