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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah just invoice for printer ink, and there is a good chance someone pays it.

[–] LicenseToChill@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like when that guy scammed google out of 120mil with fake invoices

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That's impressive. Usually the target organizations with a lot of autonomy, but poor payment controls. Like school districts... the schools usually have the autonomy to enter into their own small contracts, but a central office has no idea what invoices are legitimate without calling every school for each invoice.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, would that even be a crime as long as you sent them the ink with a 10000% markup?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on how contract savvy you are... if you word it as a service contract where acceptance is payment, you can sometimes get away with not sending them anything.

But generally yes, that's what you would do. Often times it's ink for a discontinued machine that nobody uses before. The ink itself is probably recalled.