Printer toner phone scam
A printer toner phone scam is popping up on campus once again, just in time for summer.
Your phone rings, and the voice on the other end says, "Oh hi! I've got your HP toner order all ready to ship out to you – sorry for the delay. I'll just need to get payment info, and it will be out the door today." Wording and details may, of course, be different. They might say Xerox toner, or Canon, or Brother... they will be quite insistent that you've ordered the toner.
You respond, "Sorry, our vendor provides toner to us as part of our contract. Could you please tell me your name and telephone number? I'd like to direct you to our IT department." At this point, the scammer either hangs up, or provides a bogus name and telephone number.
Be vigilant! Be firm! And definitely don't give payment information to someone you don't know who's just called you!
The phone scammer calling around today provided a bogus phone number, and identified himself as "Chris Griffin". We have to imagine he looks a lot like this Chris Griffin:
Posted May 23, 2017
