Sometimes they call organizations, asking for the name of the person responsible for ordering supplies.
Any organization lacking adequate purchasing controls can become a victim of an office supply scam.
You can protect your organization from paying for unordered goods and services. For-profit companies solicit small businesses by phone, asking them to buy ad space in publications with law enforcement, public safety or other civic purpose themes. In many cases, the publications lack the implied connection to legitimate law enforcement and are rarely distributed in the community as claimed. The FTC says consumers are getting fax and email solicitations that offer a chance at a new top level domain name, for a fee, as soon as it becomes available. Some registration services are guaranteeing new top level domain names or promising preferential treatment in the registration process.