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#68107 - 03/18/03 04:35 PM
Your Opinion Please
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Last year (4-2002)we received an invoice for a product that as far as anyone knows we did not order and did not receive. Several attempts were made to clear up the invoice, including requesting more information of who ordered, etc. The company did give names of the ordering individuals on two separate occassions. Both times the names were different, though both are employees. Our accounts payable department continued to fax requests for supporting documentation besides a bill. This was done at least 5 times. On 5/13 we received a payment reminder, on 5/21 we received a past due demand letter. Verbally we were told that if the bill was not paid, we would be sent to the collection agency. At that point, payable department paid the bill.
The first I hear of all of this is today. Accounts payable is requesting that an SAR be filed, because this company is calling again. I don't believe that this merits an SAR. I think that if they are so afraid of talking to these people, they should simply not take calls. However, I may be wrong. What is your opinion?
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#68108 - 03/18/03 04:55 PM
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I don't think a SAR is warranted. Maybe speak to your bank's attorney.
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#68109 - 03/18/03 04:57 PM
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This is a scam that has been going on for years. I get invoices on a weekly basis about my "trail" subscription expiring. The problem, I never subsribed to a "trial". I just pitch them.
An SAR may be in order as it is possible they are engaged in illegal/fraud activity, but if they are sending you "bogus" bills through the mail, contact your Post Master. Also request written documentation where the order was placed and the merchandise signed for.
Put in a monitoring system. If our Payables dept. doesn't have a requisition, they don't pay for it, or accept delivery. (Of course we're a smaller bank, and it's easier for us to monitor our deliveries.)
Tell these people if they want to go to court, fine, and if they report you to a "collection agency" that's where they'll wind up. They'll stop calling. They have gotten a hold of someone in your payables dept. that won't stand their ground, or doesn't understand their ground.
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#68110 - 03/18/03 04:59 PM
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Why is the company calling again? I would not have paid the bill without further documentation. I would contact the Better Business Bureau and get some facts on the company. I don't believe a SAR should be filed. But remember, you asked for an opinion.
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#68111 - 03/18/03 05:07 PM
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There are comapies who practice deciet by getting the name of an individual working for you, and then ship a few hundred dollars worth of paper, or some expendables used in an office environment. They count on the fact that receiving an order of paper (or what ever) is not out of the ordinary, the invoice has an employee name, and 90% of the time the invoice gets paid without question.
Check the Better Business Bureau to see if they have any such complaints on this company. If you have never done business with this company before and what they are shipping is something you ordinarily purchase from another supplier, I would question the invoice. If you have received shipment and a bill for products not authorized, notify the company the shipment was not authorized and refuse to pay it. In some states you can also keep what has been shipped.
The scam companies that do this sort of thing, count on the fact that most companies will pay up based on the threat of a Small Claims action. The fact that you paid and are still getting calls makes me lean toward a scam.
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#68112 - 03/18/03 05:12 PM
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Oops didn't log in. The Anonmous post about this being a scam was from me. No, I don't believe an SAR is necessary
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#68113 - 03/18/03 07:05 PM
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Don't forget to file the scam with your state Attorney General's office and to report to your state banking associating for posting.
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#68116 - 03/19/03 04:35 PM
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The classic version of this scam is sending invoices, and in turn "over due" notices, for a listing in an international telex or business directory. To call it a "scam" seems to down-play the fact that is a fraud, plain and simple.
I really don't think that you should have paid it, but if this is widespread maybe the BBB could take this matter up? .... Having said that, my guess would be that the fraudsters are mailing those demand in from overseas and that legal action against them might not even be possible.
In the UK the demands used to be mailed from the Netherlands, until the law was tightened up; then they came from Switzerland. The last time I heard of this fraud I think that the letters were coming from somewhere in Africa.
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