DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Thanks to Network Solutions providing my name and address to every spammer and con artist on the Internet for the past five years, I’ve received over a half-dozen copies of the “internet business guide” invoice scam from utp-online.com.

The mailing is from Switzerland, and it arrives in a glassine-window envelope (as might a real invoice). My name and address show through the window. Inside the envelope is something that looks a lot like an invoice. The billed amount is $960.

It’s an interesting scam. Presumably some companies are large or disorganized enough that these fake invoices are inadvertently paid. But if there is anyone with half a brain at UTP, they should realize that this scam is only likely to work with the first copy of the invoice. To say that another way: if I was smart enough to recognize this as a despicable hoax when I received the first copy, why on earth do you think I’d pay the sixth? Please.

Here’s more on the UTP-Online.com pro-forma invoice scam

Heh, I just wish UTP was sending out prepaid reply envelopes with their invoices.