r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Buinea_Pird • Sep 14 '26

Do u dont wanna This "invoice", with a small print disclaimer stating it is not an invoice, received by my company

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u/Zombisexual1 Sep 14 '26

Yah was going to say that this is actually pretty smart, just send them to big corporations like Amazon that pay these with no thought

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u/c4ndyman31 Sep 14 '26

It’s not smart at all it is criminal fraud

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u/codetony Sep 14 '26

Technically not criminal fraud as long as the goods are delivered as promised.

Scummy way of doing business? Absolutely. Illegal? Probably not.

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u/McdoManaguer Sep 15 '26

Should it be illegal? 1000%

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u/ajb1102 Sep 14 '26

And even in the big companies, there is usually someone internal who has to claim the service and sign off on it.

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u/Zombisexual1 Sep 14 '26

https://www.unilad.com/news/money/evaldas-rimasauskas-google-facebook-scam-122-million-dollars-881078-20240815

Dude literally just sent invoices 😂

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u/ajb1102 Sep 14 '26

He fabricated contracts and posed as one of their vendors… he didn’t “just send them invoices”

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u/SolidLegacy1 Sep 14 '26

Where is the fraud? The form says its an ad not an invoice.

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u/Ornery_Ads Sep 14 '26

It would depend on if there is a law prohibiting deceptive advertising wherever this occurred.

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u/Karma_1969 Sep 15 '26

What makes that "smart"?

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u/jhonka_ Sep 15 '26

You do realize there's an entire finance department and part of their job is to sort through these and attach them to POs and stuff right? It might get through, but 99% chance it wont