--- description: More than 100 complaints in just the last few weeks title: Shady Company Scams Schools in 26 States image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860ccbf0fb72a5c6/6986a2f5810bbbf4ffc93605/school-supplies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shady Company Scams Schools in 26 States by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 12, 2014 11:27 AM CUT  Charles Rex Arbogast—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 12, 2014 11:27 AM CUT The [Better Business Bureau](http://www.bbb.org/ "undefined") is warning school districts across the country to be on the lookout for fake invoices for educational supplies. In just the last few weeks, the BBB has received more than 3,300 inquiries and nearly 100 complaints from schools in 26 states. The bogus invoices, from a company called Scholastic School Supply, 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. Both are mail drops… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/bogus-bills-shady-company-scams-schools-26-states-n201226?cid=par-time-article%5F20140912 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3338346/shady-company-scams-schools-in-26-states/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3338346/shady-company-scams-schools-in-26-states/"},"headline":"Shady Company Scams Schools in 26 States","datePublished":"2014-09-12T11:27:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:09:08.649Z","description":"More than 100 complaints in just the last few weeks","url":"https://time.com/3338346/shady-company-scams-schools-in-26-states/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860ccbf0fb72a5c6/6986a2f5810bbbf4ffc93605/school-supplies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860ccbf0fb72a5c6/6986a2f5810bbbf4ffc93605/school-supplies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"school supplies","caption":"","creditText":"Charles Rex Arbogast—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3338346/shady-company-scams-schools-in-26-states/","name":"Shady Company Scams Schools in 26 States"}}]}] ```