THE REP ON THE OTHER END TOLD ME HE WAS Official Yellow Pages AND WANTED TO VERIY OUR BUSINESS INFORMATION...I told him that I did not okay any information to any other yellow pages for our business but Dex.
I told him I'm not giving him any premission. I said NO! and he hung up.
My business has been called a couple of times by this number; the caller has a heavy, nigh-incomprehensible Indian accent. They represent "CBC" and want to "continue my ad" in their version of the Yellow Pages. I asked for details, and they want $399 to list the business contact info on a cheap-looking link site; I wouldn't want my business there if it were free, and I'm certainly not going to pay hundreds of dollars for that privilege.
They claim (each time they call) that I had this service last year, and that I'm getting a special discount for being an existing customer. I asked them, "So, you're telling me that I paid $399 for this last year?"
"Yes, sir you have -"
"No. If you charged me for this last year, it was not authorized by me. You need to refund my money right now."
"I'm sorry, sir, I cannot -"
"No, let me be clear. If you received a payment from me somehow, whether by credit card or check or whatever, it was not authorized. You need to refund my money immediately."
"I'm sorry, sir, it can't be done." Caller hung up. Of course, I've never paid these people a dime, and we both know it, but it gets them off my phone for a few months.
Additionally, they will apparently record you saying "Yes" if/when you say it (after asking if this is So-and-so, for example) and they use it to claim that you agreed to some expensive magazine subscription, which they charge to your phone bill somehow. Don't say yes to them for any reason.