This is a scam, but I'm not sure how they are making their money. Can anyone tell me?
I got a call from 404-889-8270 today from a woman with a British/Indian sounding accent saying she was from the Yellow Pages. She said my listing was expiring and wanted to know if I wanted to renew. I told her that I had not asked for a listing in the first place and would not be interested.
She said I had "verbally" authorized a two year listing in 2010 and that I had paid for it. I asked how much I had "paid" for it... she said $500. I told her I certainly would NOT have paid $500 for a listing. She said the reason I had not paid for it is because they haven't invoiced me yet--they don't invoice until the end of the two-year listing.
I told her that I would not be paying the invoice and she said that they will send it to a collection agency. I told her, "Please do send it to a collection agency." She hung up on me.
I HAVE HAD THE THE SAME THING JUST HAPPEN TO ME AND I REPORTED TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BU. AND THE POLICE THEY SAID DON'T GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION AT ALL. THIS IS A SHAME PEOPLE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS .
See TN above and combine it with pissed landscaper above that. You got my phone call. Only thing is, she asked for one of the fake names I use to help stop this type of thing. Glad I do that. However, she does sound 100% legit. I have to wonder how many unsuspecting folks the scam has worked on....she almost had me.
I just received a call from this number and the woman with the same accent as mentioned before gave me the same line she had offered everyone else. I immediately disputed the charge, she gave me some woman's name that she claimed I spoke to 2 years ago. I told her I did not speak to any one from her company and she said that she would send the account back to another department and they would contact me. She told me the amount I owed was $599 for 2 years of advertisement. My company has been closed for at least 2 years...