Is this a scam?

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James Puckett
James Puckett Posts: 2,019
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Someone making a purchase is asking me to provide an IRS W9 form and use a weird payment system just to purchase a font. It’s a film industry company. Is this normal or is someone collecting information for a scam?

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  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 3,028
    Could be either. But it is not implausible.

    I once had a law firm that made me sign up on their own instance of some payment system (IIRC), just to pay me for a deposition. (This would be the only payment I would get from them, as like most depositions, it was being paid for by opposing counsel.) Among other super-irritating hoops I had to jump through for that one.

    If the license $$$ is small, you could just tell them to do it your way.  :tongue:

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