Scammers used to do a similar thing here with xerox/laser toner cartridges.
They'd call ahead and find out what kind of machine you have, and then ship a pallet of the right cartridges for it. Cheap refills, terrible quality, they'd be worth pennies on the dollar compared to the real ones. But, they fit and they print, so the alarm bells aren't ringing yet. Someone else must've ordered these, but they're "the right ones".
Some time later, an invoice shows up. For the amount you'd expect to pay for a pallet of genuine cartridges, which is vastly more than this junk was worth, but does anyone notice? Sometimes, it just gets paid; someone forgot they ordered this, yeah? Whatever, just pay it. Sometimes, this smells fishy enough that it doesn't get paid, and then the scammers call up (sounding like a legitimate office supply firm) concerned about the overdue invoice, and "if you've already opened them then it's not returnable, so yeah, you have to just pay it at this point."
All lies -- it was sent unsolicited, you're under no obligation to pay for it. But a lot of people will, especially if the cold-call weeks ago where they asked about the machine might be vague enough in the memory that, maybe you did agree to buy some?
So the scammers take $600 in product and get $4800 for it. Enough return to make it worthwhile even if quite a few don't fall for it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bookseller_(short_story)
I don't know if it was pure fiction or something like that actually happened that inspired the story.