Victim Location 10001
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
I received a fraudulent invoice from Strategic Business Communications LLC. I have never had any contact nor have I ever done business with this company. They send fraudulent invoices hoping small businesses like ours aren’t sophisticated to know that it’s fraud. I contacted some of their "customers" listed on their website and none of those organizations have ever heard of this company and certainly are not customers of theirs.
Victim Location 45202
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
My place of employment received a fake invoice in the mail in the amount of $3495.00 from Strategic Business Communications. It is a very official-looking invoice.
Victim Location 92130
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
My business received a fraudulent invoice from SBC Worldwide LLC, demanding payment of $3495.00 for ‘Annual advertising fees’ and
‘Life Sciences Business Development Directory’. The invoice claimed that the expense was approved by the company CEO. My company had no prior interaction with SBC, and no one at the company had requested or approved these services. The fraud involved interstate solicitation through the US Mail.
Victim Location 94103
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received an invoice from this company with the name of our CEO as the "Approver" for the amount of $3495. We have never done business with this company and after googling, realized via Yelp that this company has been sending out fake invoices to companies for literally doing nothing for them.
Victim Location 48393
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Fake Invoice Scam: Description was well thought out as our product description is stated on invoice. It says annual advertising fees and gives a tax id number for the business to make it look so real.
Victim Location 91101
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
This company sent our company an invoice, which looked extremely convincing, as "Strategic Business Communications". The invoice was for annual advertising fees, which is a common business expense. However, after a quick Google search, I discovered that this company was fraudulent.
This company asks for you to make checks out to Account Receivables for SBC Worldwide LLC. Don’t pay for this invoice if you see it!
Victim Location 44115
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Similar to the other complaints I read on the ScamPulse.com site: Sent us an invoice for Advertising insertion order (full color, standard page) $3,495 with the approver noted as our CEO. At first thought was legit, so tried calling the company using the number listed on the website – sounded like a phone company answering machine, and no one answered any of the department lines (sales, finance, etc.). Then checked the web and saw that they are scammers…
Victim Location 94301
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received a fake invoice for advertising in the amount of $3,495.00. Under Approver section they listed our CEO’s name which he has no knowledge of ever giving approval for this. I tried to call and no answer and call just drops off.
Victim Location 95128
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Fake invoice received for unauthorized advertising insert
Victim Location 90503
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received unsolicited, fraudulent invoice from SBC stating invoice was approved by our founder for $3,495.00 for advertising in a publication. Invoice is fake and clearly fraud. How this business still has a website is beyond me
Victim Location 94930
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
They sent me a fake invoice for $3495 for advertising that I never requested.
Victim Location 10004
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Sent an invoice to Accounts Payable for an advertisement in their directory.
Victim Location 10011
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
We received an invoice from SBC claiming they are owed $3,495 for advertising allegedly approved by our CEO, who did not approve it.
Victim Location 45203
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received an invoice for $3495 with our co-founder’s name on the invoice as "approver". When I checked this with him, he didn’t recall this business name though the invoice looked very legit. I called multiple times during business hours and chose each department on the menu, with not one answer. No response to voicemail or email. Did a little online research and many others have experienced the same.
Victim Location 22042
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
We received a very realistic invoice for "Advertising insertion order (full color, standard page)" for $3,495.00. When I looked upthe company online, I figured out that it was a complete scam.
Victim Location 60563
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
We received this invoice the other day via postal mail. We are a small company so my boss realized it was fake right away. We searched the company online which confirmed the suspicion.
Victim Location 75074
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Strategic Business Communications sent our company a fake invoice for $3,495 for "Advertising insertion order (full color, standard page). We tried calling the phone number listed and every route in the phone tree goes to voice mail.
Victim Location 84101
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Got an invoice in the mail billing us for "Advertising insertion order (full color, standard page)" in the amount of $3,495.00 No one in our company knows anything about this company.
Victim Location 30096
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Our company received a fake invoice in the mail from Strategic Business Communications that lists the CEO of our company as the approver at the top of the invoice. It was an invoice for an advertising insertion order in the amount of $3,495.00 and tells us to pay Accounts Receivable at SBC Worldwide LLC at 1979 Marcus Avenue, Suite 210 in Lake Success, NY 11042-1022. It looks like a legitimate invoice but it isn’t. It did not include any small print indicating that this is a solicitation. No one at our business ever contacted them.
Victim Location 02108
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
We received an invoice with one of our managers listed as an Approver. After consulting with the named manager who had never requested the services listed we knew this was a scam. A quick internet search showed that many others are also receiving these customized invoices.
Victim Location 20147
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received an invoice from this company and after multiple inquiries from Executive Staff of our company, no one ordered or signed any advertising contracts with this company. As the AP person, I knew it was a scam from the start as I do all PO’s for our company. I have called their number multiple times and cannot seem to talk with a person because it goes straight into VM.
Victim Location 19462
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Our company received a fake invoice in the mail from Strategic Business Communications that lists the president of our company as the approver at the top of the invoice. It was an invoice for an advertising insertion order in the amount of $3,495.00 and tells us to pay Accounts Receivable at SBC Worldwide LLC at 1979 Marcus Avenue, Suite 210 in Lake Success, NY 11042-1022. It looks like a legitimate invoice but it isn’t. It did not include any small print indicating that this is a solicitation. No one at our business ever contacted them.
Victim Location 22046
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received an invoice for $3,495.00 for advertising services with an approval from our president typed on the invoice. We have never used this company for any services, advertising or otherwise. Scam to get us to pay invoice for services which were never requested or rendered.
Victim Location 11042
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Many have reported this place as being a scam on Yelp. Apparently they have been operating since 2010, little scary they have not been shut down yet. Please put these losers out of business.
Victim Location 08852
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received invoice for advertising fees, citing the CEO as approver. We have had no contact with this company — ever.
This company should be prosecuted for interstate mail fraud. There are a number of other reports of this on Yelp as well.
Victim Location 98006
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
We have received an invoice from this company for $3,495.00 for a service that we have not solicited (Advertising fees/Telecommunications Technology & Services Business Development Directory – 2017 Edition)
This company’s tax id is ***
Victim Location 94107
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Received an invoice for "Advertising insertion order". We have no idea who these people are nor did we place any such order. Quick online search shows they have done this scam repeatedly.
Victim Location 98104
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Invoice for ‘Advertising Insertion Order’ => $3,495
Approver: our company’s CEO
Victim Location 53703
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Fake invoice for $3,495 for a "Business Development Directory" including a false "Approver".
Victim Location 10010
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
This company targets businesses by sending fake invoices addressed to accounts payable in hopes that the invoice isn’t questioned and just paid.
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Hi there,
We were sent in the mail an invoice (attached) from a company claiming to be located in NY. It is a seriously impressive piece of scamming as it even has our CEO’s name on it, identifies a product that we are likely to have an invoice for, and the website is very convincing. I am not sure if the ScamPulse.com is the right group to send this to, but thought I would pass it along.
It also included a Federal Tax ID number of 38-37886/ For wire payments contact [email protected] Kind Regards, **
Victim Location 77024
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Sent invoice for service not requested
Victim Location 92128
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Fake invoice from Strategic Business Communications with a description of ‘Advertising insertion order Life Sciences Business Development Directory’ for $3,495.00. Copy of invoice is attached.
Victim Location 92838
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
This company sent us a fake invoice of $3495. They won’t pick up the phone or communicate in any other way besides sending us a fake bill. They are fraudulent and beware.