Re: 911:: Office Supply Scam

[Guest guest]

We got the calls here in Michigan, but told them we would not give them that

our ordering person was out. We were unable to get any identifying

information and I believe caller ID showed an unavailable number.

Roscommon County (MI) Central Dispatch

911:: Office Supply Scam

> I am trying to find information about a scam being perpetrated against

> Police Departments that I believe I have read about on this list. We

> have received a call from a person wanting to know what printer(s) we

> have. I think the MO of this scam is to then send toner cartridges that

> were never requested. Does anybody recall this subject?

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> Thanks!

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> Tyler

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> UI Police Department

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[Guest guest]

Well we had a call from these people a while back. The secretary

who got the call transferred the call to me after getting suspicious.

The lady purported to be the firm designated to supply and

support " that big high speed printer you have. " When I asked her

which bprinter she was talking about, she told me " the one you have

in that printer room with the 2 or 3 other printers. "

I played along with her scam, thinking that as long as I kept her

on the phone she was not scamming anyone else. She wanted the model

and serial number of the printer and I told her it was on the other

side of the building and I didn't have it at hand.

After stringing her along for 20 minutes of so, I then told her

that I knew this was a scam and she was not going to get any info

from me. I told her that we had traced the call and knew exactly

where she was calling from. She seemed unfazed by this, and told

me " Well I'll just have my boss call to get the information I need. "

I told her that he's better have more information than she did if

he wants to get any information from me, then told her that our city

IMS Dept. purchases all of that stuff for us. she got upset and hung

up on me....

I just love messing with telemarketers, especially criminal ones!!!

Terry-Davenport IA. PD

[Guest guest]

What they try to do is get any name, then they send some off-quality,

over-priced product and a bill. If the bill doesn't get paid, they say it

was orderd by whomever's name they get and threaten to turn the account over

for collection unless the bill gets paid. At least that is the version I

know about.

Randy Mace

[Guest guest]

We had a similar incident at the P.D. a few years ago where we were

shipped cases of unordered latex exam gloves that we did not order.

When it was discovered, we refused to pay the bill and refused to

ship them back until they sent a UPS call tag for them.