It was bound to happen sooner or later. Across the nation, schools are receiving AND PAYING bogus invoices from a company called “Scholastic School Supply”. This was reported on our social media outlets on August 28, but we are getting reports of schools still receiving them. Please be advised, the bogus invoices show an amount due of $647.50 for a bulk purchase of math or art books that were not ordered and never received. The invoices list an address in either Las Vegas or Sewell, N.J.
A search of the ISBN will result in no matches found. An school principal shared recently, “When I checked into the ISBN number on the invoice it didn’t even exist. Upon further research, I realized that several schools have been sent the exact same invoice using our school code as the purchase order number.” This issue is confusing and only the keen eye of a good bookkeeper will uncover the fraud. If you receive a copy of an invoice like the one below, DO NOT PAY IT!
