Same type thing for me. Got a call today from Tom at Ameristar for HP Products we ordered but were in collections??? The price however has gone up. He was asking for $1,281.93. SCAMMER!
Got a call this morning from a guy from Data Solutions, saying that an invoice had been issued in error for HP toner. He gave me a confirmation number, said the invoice would be credited in their system. I didn't think much about it, I don't order supplies so I jotted down the info and went back to work.
Later in the day I got a call from "Brian" who claimed to be "the copier repair guy", who needed to verify the model number on the copier for a service call. We have been having problems so I gave him the model number. He said that wasn't right, so I kept looking on the machine, and asking him for more info (I asked him his name again, and what company because my radar was starting to go off). He dodged the questions and I knew it was a scam. I told him we never buy toner, he said he'd have his manager call me later in the day. I said our machines are leased and we don't buy toner, and he hung up on me.
In today's mail we got an invoice from Data Solutions, for $1,218! We're being billed for two toner cartridges we didn't order, at roughly ten times the going rate of the toner. I filed a complaint with the FTC and will of course not be paying this invoice.
We received an invoice at our company from "Ameristar" with a Toronto address and this phone number. They are billing us for two toner cartridges -same thing - for a total of $1,281.93. We don't know these people and they are not one of our vendors. The price is of course overstated.
We received an invoice today from Ameristar for 1218.60. I called the this number listed on the invoice, it went straight to a machine wanting me to leave the company name and invoice #.
We just received the exact same invoice as you all have above for the total of $1218.60. Two toner cartridges. Total scam since the address doesn't exist and the phone number is a Cali number..
We too received an invoice from Ameristar - Toronto address, California phone number. When you call the # it goes straight to a voice mail asking for invoice # and other information specific to the Ameristar invoice. O and you will never guess what the total of the invoice is! Yep $1,218.60. Must be toner made of gold!