ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has issued a consumer alert about a scam targeting school districts by sending phony invoices for products never ordered or delivered.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the scam involves a bogus company named Scholastic School Supply. One Rochester-area school district contacted Schneiderman’s office to report receiving an invoice in the amount of $657.50 for an English Language Arts Practice Book that was never purchased or supplied.

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