EZ Yellow Pages scam
Complaint
Lisa McKee
Country: United States
We have been harassed the last several days by people calling from EZ Yellow pages yelling at us that we have received a Free 12 month trial and now we need to pay up for that service. On the phone, it was necessary to keep asking questions and denying ever having approved or done business with this company. It is criminal what these people are doing. When you are having a busy day, you listen to these stupid telemarketers with half an ear. Say NO, loud and clear and tell them you are contacting the FTC, the State Attorney General and will de-fraud their company for Fraud.
Comments
Ignore them, or have fun with them if you enjoy such things.
In any case, file a fraud complaint with your state Attorney General, and with the U.S. Postal Inspector if they send a fraudulent "invoice".
ATT Yellow Pages wouldn't have waited 12 months to bill you. Normal businesses bill you at the time you actually agree to services, not 12 months later, claiming you owe them and they already did something according to some "verbal agreement". These sleazeballs are just a scam.
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/7OLtOPujPwBqYAjL3bRWIw
We think we have some obligation to be polite, or professional, but calling companies for the purposes of fraud is hardly polite or professional. If some stranger approached you on a street in the bad part of town, you would know better than to talk to them. The telephone is now the bad part of town.
None of that changes the fraudulent nature of any "legal" claims scammers may allege. You don't "accidentally" have a "contract" with these bozos, whatever they say.
Whenever you get some call falsely claiming you "owe" them something, report it, to FTC, your state AG, and their state AG. Then if they keep calling back just tell them you are recording the call as evidence, and let them talk all they want.
Fraud is fraud. Call it that, and report it as a matter of policy.
Harassing calls, threats and use of obscene language can pressurize you to the edge and moreover, a collector may embarrass you by contacting your employer or even be pursued to disburse for a debt that is not rightfully yours.
There are limits on how far telemarketers can go, that is why we provide information on how to put an end to telemarketer calls and more efficiently, how to correspond with them about your account and/or to dispute a collection action and can teach you what are your rights in terms of privacy.
You can find out more information on our website: www.spgconsultants.com
By informing each other, we protect each other.
Sincerely,
SPG Consultants
https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov/