Purchasing scams and how to avoid them / Trevor Kitching.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitching, Trevor, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraud--Prevention.

Fraud.

Industrial procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the problems caused to businesses by scam merchants who seek to extract money in return for goods or services of little or no value. The scams described include entries in directories sold in a misleading way, office consumables promoted to unsuspecting junior staff at outrageous prices, international advance fee frauds, consultants whose services are worthless, charity donations being misdirected and a range of borderline scams such as phone and fax line services charged at premium rates but of questionable value.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION - THE NATURE OF THE SCAM

GETTING THE PURCHASING FUNCTION RIGHT

THE BOGUS DIRECTORY SCAM

THE PAPER SCAM - AND OTHER CONSUMABLES

THE NIGERIA SCAM

BOGUS CONSULTANTS

CHARITY SCAMS

BORDERLINE SCAMS

THE INTERNET - THE NEW FRONTIER FOR SCAM MERCHANTS

CHECKLIST FOR SCAM AVOIDANCE

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-566-08961-0

OCLC:

54360376