Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill
Our company receives a fake invoice for $720.00 from SEO Services Inc. approximately once a month since about July, 2020. The invoice is for ‘2020 Final Business’ and states ‘this is the final balance due as we were informed you did not find our online advertising services beneficial’. The invoice is from a Quebec address. We are located in Ontario.
Today, we received another more threatening notice just 2 days after receiving the usual monthly fake invoice. The notice informs us that unless payment is received within 10 days, the file will be passed over to their debt collection agency/lawyer.
The invoice is made out to a company that we were once operating, but which has not existed for approximately 5 years. Further, we have NEVER advertised with SEO Services Inc. and in our industry, we have no need to advertise anywhere.
We are ignoring all invoices. No response in any way is being made to them. I have made all staff aware of this so everyone knows not to interact with them.
Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories
We have received a couple of phone calls and now 2 invoices from these people saying are 30 days past due in the amount of $859.95. I have called the number and no one answers but they say that a service representative will call me back. I have threatened on the message to report them to the police for fraud. We are a small business and if anyone had made a purchase of that size, everyone would know about it.
Type of a scam Yellow Pages/Directories
Invoice sent to company for past services that were never ordered or purchased or authorized.