Keep your eye on those statements

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One simmalar type of buisness scam to to mail an invoice for copy paper or toner cartriges to the secretary of a midsize comany. She then gives it to the billing department who thinks it's worthy because they got it from someone in the company. I heard about years worth of these bills getting paid.

There was also an article in the paper a few years back of an elderly lady who's grandaughter was helping her with her finances. She noticed a phone rental charge on her phone bill. When she asked her grandma about it she said "Oh, we haven't had that phone since the 1970's!". The phone company wouldn't take it off until they got the phone back. After it broke in the news, they had a change of heart.

So yes, watch those billing statements!