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I received an email from an NAME quoton 10/05/2024 requesting a quote for Seagate Ultra Touch External Hard Drive 5TB (STMA5000400). I provided a quote and received a Purchase Order to begin sourcing the product that was requested. I checked the purchase order for a valid email address, as well as, searching SAMS; a government contractor site to check the official Cage Code. The cage code was 100% accurate in SAMS and, on the invoice. Eli Smith remained connected via email checking on the status of his order. He decided to order more hardware, after receiving the first shipment. After the second PO was requested, and the first payment declined --I checked the company’s address on the Purchase Orders and, compared it to the business address listed in SAMS. The addresses were different. The location that the hard drives were shipped was to an apartment addressed to: NAME2 & ADDRESS which aligned to the same business name as SGTR, Construction LLC that was on the PO. I decided to go to Bank of America to get answers regarding payments that had not been received into my business account although, my Payment Processing Company (SQUARE) reflected invoice paid. It was at the bank that I learned no monies where transferring from the back end that they could see. Next, I called Square to see if they were able to see why my dashboard reflected PAID but, no monies had transferred into my business account. I was informed that after the 1st payment was declined, NAME attempted to pay other invoices re-created for payment via 'other tender' which meant that payment was not in the form of credit, debit or, ACH therefore never received. The concern with this SCAM is that this has impacted my business significantly b/c   Products360 Strategy & Services LLC is a new start-up company. Nonetheless, the person he's portraying to be may not be aware that this is happening to him or, his business. Or, maybe it is him.—I don’t know! That said, I have contacted the Syracuse, NY police but, was told I had to create a complaint in the city that I lived in first before they could become involved. The name of the legitimate company is: CEO: NAME at SGTR LLC, 108 W Jefferson St Suite 501, Syracuse, NY 13202. Website: https://sgtrllc.com/ Phone: (315) 218-6532. The person information from the Purchase Order is as follows: SGTR, Construction LLC, 731 James St. Ste. 223A, Syracuse, NY 13203-2025 Cage Code: 6VEW4 D-U-N-S: 013169894 SAMS Registration: 6VEW4( 013169894) Ship To: SGTR, Construction LLC, Attn: NAME & ADDRESS Payment VIA: Name on Card: NAME, Credit Card Information