ABSTRACT
Some people recommend that one way to avoid the paper scam is to always specify brand-name products. Toner cartridges are frequently used in this sort of scam because they are a relatively expensive office consumable and few people would realize what they cost. The telephone salespeople may operate from 'boiler rooms' crammed with people simultaneously pulling similar scams on a host of victims. The scam merchants encourage a lack of integrity in the buyer. The buyer gets their 'free' gift and their employer gets the bill. The fact that the bill is out of all proportion to the value of goods supplied is of no great interest to some buyers - they are not paying. When scam merchants arrange unordered, overpriced deliveries, they often rely on recipients opening the package before reconciling the paperwork and then assuming that because the goods have been opened, they must be paid for.
