Complaint

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SPG Consultants
Country: United States
Seems Like the more SPG CONSULTANTS moves forward, we are uncovering a dirty little secret that no one wants to stand up and fight against. Telemarketing Fraud
it seems that every state we go to and every other business has had one of those calls

Hello… We would like to verify your companies Listing Online
Are you still At ___________________ now this is where the telemarketing companies get tricky they ask you a series of question knowing full well you going to say yes to like the address city and zip … as soon as you reply to any of their questions you’ve been trapped

the conversation is the taken to the verification department, the verification will then call you back and see if they can legitimately get you to to commit to a listing but try to remind you of the first conversation you have with the previous sales agent where you were told it was for a 4 or even 5 year listing online for 500.00$. sounds great 500$ for a 4 year listing online ..but don’t be fooled even though you were reminded the verification department will only say for your ONE YEAR listing online will be invoiced to your attention ..now if you agree you’ve been SCAMMED .. in about 35 day you’ll receive a invoice for the 500.00$ and it will be already past due and a will following the invoice here comes the calls from the collection department.

Now here is where the Company get Slick… if they get through the full script of the verification and you turned them down and said NO..
Well that’s too bad. Why? you ask. Cause they have the recording of you saying yes to all the other questions from the earlier call and all they have to do is now put your voice saying yes over the part where you said no.

Now I won’t go into detail about how much money my client have lost and I won’t go on on about why its taking the government over 20 year to stop this type of fraud
all i can say is Yes There is help out there and yes someone does care about you and your business.

Want to know how big this problem is these are companies that is sending out invoice to people just like you and I who run businesses for our future and our families

Have you been contacted by any of the following companies regarding your online listing or an outstanding invoice?

Ameralink Corp

411 Listings.com

ABI Publications (www.abidirectory.com)

ABL Inc

Abyte Ofinfo.com

Access America Communications Inc

AD COM Universal

All Purpose Business Communications Inc

America Direct Mktg

America Marketing Solutions

American Business Exchange INC

American Digital Network

American Direct Marketing

American Online Business Solutions

AOB

AOP

Avian Publishing

AYB Services Inc

B2B I-Pages

Blue Yellow Book

Business Advertising

Consolidated Office Supplies

Corporate Business Publications

Corporate Info System

CorTech Coverage

Data direct

Data Source Solutions

Datalink

DataSource

DataSource 411

Direct Media Source

DreamZ Tech

EBee

eBee Directory.com

Executive Business Listing (www.executivebusinesslisting.com)

Executive Marketing Associates

Eyellow Pages USA

First Publications

GBI-B2B INC

Gemni

Goam Media

Info Data Link

Info Data Pages

Info US 411

infodata pages (www.infodatapages.com)

Infonational Publications

International Office Supplies INC

Internet Yellow Pages

J White Publications Inc (www.businesszone411.com)

Key Media

Kilobyte

Local Yellow Pages Direct

Lookup Listings

Martel International INC

Media Link 411

Midwest Advertising and Publishing INC

National Business Datatech

National Business Index Online INC

National Business Network

National Internet Publications

National Online Listings

National Online Pages

National Online Publications

National Yellow Pages USA

Nationwide B2B

Nationwide Business Directory

Nationwide Marketing Bureau

NBG

NBI Network

NBI Online INC

Ne Network Enterprises Inc (www.crawlguideusa.com )

Norman Business Group

North American Directory Assistance

Official Yellow Pages

OIS Pages

Online Datasource

Online Listing Publications

Online Marketing Solutions Inc

Online Yellow Pages

Phone Pages

Premier Online Directory

Prodata Marketing Inc

Quest Media Solutions

Regional Yellow Book USA

Regional Yellow Pages Online (RYPO)

Saturn Exchange

Sigma Direct INC

SolarCom USA

Strategy Core Systems

The Internet Business Pages

Trust Bloom

United Business listings (www.unitedbusinesslistings.com)

United Business Solutions INC (UBS)

Universal Media

US Marketing Tools

USBR Online

Web Data Publishing

Web Media

Westmore Publishing

WSM (Web Site marketing)

Yellow Book USA Regional

Yellow Pages Connect

Yellow Pages INC

Yellow Pages USA

THAT’S RIGHT THE LIST IS THIS LONG

Mass Marketing Fraud is defined as fraud committed via mass communication media using the telephone, mail, and the Internet. Provisions under the criminal regime of the Competition Act prohibit all materially false or misleading representations made YellowPages.com

Yellowpages.com is an internet advertising portal that alleges to increase the clients internet exposure to searchers looking for the product or service that you provide in a given geographic area. The business practices of yellowpages.com are questionable at best and are possibly criminal. Their actual exposure is limited.

Their advertising graphics are amateur. Their results are insignificant to non-existent. All in all, this is a boiler-room operation that uses high-pressure sales tactics promising unrealistic returns, tying clients to heavy-handed contracts followed by harassing phone calls and collection procedures.

The fact that the local, state, and federal regulators have allowed this type of immoral operation to continue, should not deter the scammed business owner from fighting these criminals.

knowingly or recklessly, deceptive telemarketing and deceptive prize notices.

You can find out more information on our website: www.spgconsultants.webs.com

By informing each other, we protect each other.

Sincerely,

www.SpgConsultants.webs.com

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  • 0
    Heather
    Add ACA to that list of collection Agencies
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    A Above All Limousine
    Hello, Again a just got a call about this... Asked me if i wanted to re-new my listing by Sigma National Yellow Pages, When I said no, they asked me to verify some info to cancelle and that i had an outstanding ballance they can take my credit card and pay the out-standing balance... I said send it to me, they wanted for me to verify my address, when i stated, if we have a contract then send me the invoice at witch time they cut the line... also it was from an unlisted number...pedro
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    A Above All Limousine
    Add, Sigma National Yellow Pages...
  • 0
    brian
    Anyone scammed by big city yellow pages?
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    E in Colorado
    Our business has been targeted for months by this or a similar group. They get info from an unsuspecting employee, whose name appeared later on one of the fraudulent "invoices."
    These contacts have to be outright crimes, because they present an invoice for services never rendered, they use the U.S. Mail to further their crime, and they then lie on the phone. One week, a man calling himself Jim Gonzalez claimed to be working for (the Yellow Pages-sounding company); weeks later, same guy says he's with a Collection Agency!

    The clever part, I believe, is that the supposed link to "their" website
    actually merely jumps to links associated with legitimate FREE-listing website owned by ATT; this then appears to verify a listing with them, when it really is just leaping to another website.
    Suspicious signs:
    1) none of the contact numbers on that site match those given by the
    various persons who have continued to call us, nor the numbers listed on legitimate websites.
    2) Callback number given by "Jim" is (800) 706-1108, but that's registered to Shalomar Productions, a shady "New Age UFO Production" in
    551 N Adams Dr Mount Shasta,CA96067-9607
    3) links that redirect to other listings are:
    www.the2009yellowpages.com  STILL is active; was apparently created thru GoDaddy.com
    also
    www.the2010yellowpages.com  Goes to a dubious link for "U.S.A Media" (note missing period?) ALSO just set up thru GoDaddy

    the bogus INVOICES have various return addresses:
    first mail received 7/20/2009 from
    USA Media
    130 Church St. suite #305
    New York, NY  10007                               "bill" for $499.99

    second mail received 11/27/2009 from
    2010 Media
    507 Leap Frog Avenue
    Las Vegas, NV  89183                           another "bill" for $499.99

    MY GUESS is the Feds have been so under-funded, and re-directed to "terror" that they have no resources left to hunt these characters. They might be calling from Canada, etc. BUT clearly mailing addresses put somebody in physical proximity to a mail dropbox, etc. where agents should be able to catch them. Hell, WE could go and stake the place out.
    What about some good ol' vigilante justice?
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    West in South Dakota
    I ran into the same problem as E from Colorado. I am a part-time computer engineer, and if usa media doesn't call me again i'm not going to complain. But if I get another call from Jimmy Gonzales, or another invoice from USA MEDIA; I promise a complant that shows up on the 10 link of google results, is the least of their worries. Good luck, Jim.
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    Ascoli
    Same story for me, this time with "Yellow Blue Media", and I dealt with it over the past couple months this way: I stopped answering their calls. I found their address (in Las Vegas) and sent a letter disputing any invoice and informing them that I had filed complaints against them with the Las Vegas BBB and my state's Attorney General's Office (scam department). I stopped answering their calls from their "collection agency" (in Key West) and they eventually stopped. The Las Vegas BBB followed up and received an email from YellowBlue saying they had contacted me and rectified the situation (they didn't). The Attorney General's office also followed up and received a letter from them saying the same (again, they didn't contact me). Though part of the hassle of a scam like this is the time it takes out of the day of a small business owner, I think it's worth it to put pressure on them and get the word out there. Maybe repeated reports to the Las Vegas BBB would help. Here's where you file a complaint: http://southernnevada.bbb.org/  And here's the company address:

    Yellow Blue Media
    2232 South Nelis Boulevard Suite G #310
    Las Vegas, NV 89104
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    tj
    It appears that the number of scammers running this type of scam is increasing.  Although complaints continue against known "business directory" scams, a number of new names show up in the above recent complaints.  Scammers must perceive this scam as "safe" with little risk of consequences to fraud.

    Alternaitively, consider that scamms connected to the new names may be already running scams using additional names to hide visibility of their activities.

    When filing complaints, the most effective place is usually to your state Attorney General, but be sure to include both FTC and the Attorney General in the state the scam is located.

    The scammer's AG might take action, since the scam is on their turf.  FTC appears to take action every few years in these cases, but can eventually be more effective in cross-border scams, of which there are several "yellow pages" ones.  In addition, complaints to FTC may at least get it entered into Consumer Sentinal, available for use by other law enforcement.
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    employer
    YES IT IS A SCAM...DO NOT PAY...HANG UP...CALL YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL!
    IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID BY CC, CALL AND REVERSE PAYMENT.

    RYPO CONNECT (Written on Door) REGIONAL YELLOW PAGES ONLINE
    1425 Rene Leveques West
    Montreal, Quebec Canada
    4th floor - Suite 402

    Calls made from Montreal* and Pakistan.
    *Building: http://www.imtl.org/montreal/building/Hotel-Ford.php
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    Regional Yellow Pages Online - Script

    May I speak with the Office Manager please. . .

    Hi, my name is - -. I am calling with the Regional Yellow Pages. I am calling regarding your request that you made about three months ago, that you want to remove your listings from our database and cancel all your future listings. Is that correct?

    YES/NO

    Yes = Closer. No = Opener

    An opener means you do not want to cancel and will be charged the $479.95. This rarely happens so it will be mostly a Closer.

    Closer

    Alright - What I will do today is that l will close your account and provide you with a cancellation file # and also, we will send you a Letter of Closure stating that the account is permanently closed with us, which means that we will not be contacting you for any renewals or updates, and we will also put it on our do-not- call, do-not-renew list, OK.

    Since the listings were started in - - they will expire in - - and will be purged from our database.

    You will also receive the balance of the invoice, which is $ 479.95 and the invoice will be marked FINAL on it.

    Do you use purchase order numbers down there or should we just mail this invoice to your attention?

    Alright, and the address we have on file is - - OK and your name is- - ? And position - - . Are you authorized to approve and accept this Final Invoice for your Company? (Must be Yes)  

    OK someone from my Quality Control Department will give you a call later on today and will confirm the mailing address and provide you with your file number.
    Anything else I can do for you today?

    Thanks for your time and business, and have a great day.

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    AMERICAN COLLECTION COMPANY INVOLVED IN THE CROSS BORDER SCAM

    ACCREDITED COLLECTION AGENCY                
    76 N MAPLE AVE STE 141
    RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450-3212
    USA

    800 356 3713 fax: 201 670 8272

    http://www.acarecovery.com/

    1-800-356-3713

    rhascup@acarecovery.com
    accounts@acarecovery.com
  • 0
    tj
    "FTC v. 6253547 CANADA, INC., No. 1:09-CV-01211 (N.D. Ohio)
    Parties: 6253547 Canada, Inc., d/b/a Thompson Hill Publishing, The Official
    Yellow Pages, and The Oyp Group
    Opus Media, Inc.
    Karl Garon
    Claude E. Berthiaume
    "
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    star
    I just went thru this last year! I was stupid and sent in a final payment of 499! ANd canceled. Now I just got another call ( a year later) From USBR saying I owe tham.. ANd I need to come up with a cancelation number ( from last year that I never got)!!!!
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    Ed
    Big City Yellow Pages keeps calling on a business that was located at this address and phone number but closed in the early 80's (prior to 1984). I have that number on a bunch of no call lists but they don't seem to get the message when I tell them it no longer exists and hasn't for a lot of years.

    I will chase them to ground the next time they call and then we will have a very direct conversation.
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    Tara
    Our company that I do the advertising and marketing has been targeted for years.  Unfortunately a few of these scams have been paid before anyone really caught onto what was going on.  For the past 4 years, we have been bombarded with call after call from 80% of the companies that are on the above list.  Basically, I just let out all of my rage and frustation onto these people when they call now.  I don't treat them any better than the dirt they walk on.  Someone or a company that can rob from the blind like these scammers do, needs a major punishment brought down on them.
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    buissness owner
    Big City Yellow Pages, charged our buissness phone with Qwest $150.00 without our permission. My buissness partner had hung up on a rep that called our company wanting us to sign up for their services.....
    Wonder how many buissnesses wont realize that they are being charged..... CHECK YOUR PHONE BILL
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    JR
    So what do I do? I have been harassed for months from Regional Yellow Pages for $479.95, no the collection agency A.C.A. Recovery is calling and adding $125.00 for late fees.
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    mm
    I too have the same problem as JR with Regional yellow pages and aca recovery for the same exact amounts of money trying to collect. What do we do? Ignore them?
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    sc
    The secretary of our church was called and signed up for one year. Our church paid 279.00 and then cancelled it.  Last week she got an email from richard wilson@regionalypages.com stating the church owed $499.99 plus $38.64 for interest.  He said we owed for the second year which was not true since we had cancelled it when the first payment was made.  He claimed to be from a collection agency. He called twice threating to ruin our credit if not paid immediately. We looked it up and saw the scam.  We will not pay anymore.  Where can you report him?
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    emplower
    Regional Yellow Pages Online/RYPO and other names - Real owner Jhalid.

    www.regionalyellowpagesonline.com/ RegionalYP.com    

    Newest campaign.

    Registering a 3rd party business that does the recordings. This new campaign is being offered to other Fraudulent Telemarketers in Montreal.
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    C.V.A.B.  CALIFORNIA
    We are being charged for a second year, last year when we paid they told us any future billing will be cancelled?

    How can these people get away with these scams?

    Does anybody have any solutions?
  • 0
    Mc
    I dont agree with you .YOUR WRONG
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