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

Comments

  • 0
    BR
    My Work has  received Invoices and Angry phone calls from, US-Yellow/Yellow Pages, Yellow Pages Untied, Yellow Pages Solutions, Yellow Page Recourses, and one Yellow pages online. We never told these people we were wanting to advertise with them. Yet we will get phone calls from their reps!. Every time they call they are pissed off and wanting to talk to my boss. I tell them NO!.. I am so tired of getting these calls. How do we get them to stop!
  • 0
    HAMMERSMAMA
    Watch out for United Business Solutions Inc..My mom has a small personal care business..No computer..She needs no advertisement..She always has a full house..She is getting a bill from them for $399.98..She don't have a clue what it's for..Tomorrow I'm having her call the BBB..These people have to be stopped..My mom is 78..They need to leave her alone..And get a real job!!!!!!!!!!
  • 0
    Ramongnyc
    Add Jason Miller from Midwest Marketing at 130 Church Street, New York NY 10007 (Doesn't seem to exist). I asked them a months ago to give me proof that I agreed to this and they said someone would would contact me. Then they called the other day and I got really angry on the phone. They said they will fax over a cancellation form (which probably would have added to my worries had I signed it) but the fax never came. Phone number on my caller ID was blocked. Are we suppose to just ignore them or take action against?
  • 0
    biting back
    HMMMMM! These thugs tyried to scam me years ago..... I see they are still in business. Nothing seems to happen. I filed a report with ftc....years ago...you know.... fuckit.. crime DOES pay...
  • 0
    jawslw
    Dont give these parasites one cent. If they continue to pester you for money that you never owed, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, and State Attorney General. What they are doing is not legal. They are scammers from Canada. I made the mistake of paying $599. They tried to bully me into paying another $2600 and I refused. They created their own fake collection agency documents. I made coppies of them and the bogus bills they sent. I also made a copy of the back of the check they cashed and enlarged it. It was deposited in TD Groupe bank at St Laurent Blvd Montreal QC
  • 0
    JAWSLW
    Call them and harrass the hell out of them like they do to small business owners. They can't to a thing about it because once they have engaged in illegal activity, they have no recourse.
  • 0
    kathy @ TFC
    Does anyone know anything about National Advertising and Publishing, inc in West Hartford, Ct?  They continue to call us claiming we owe the $ for online advertising that was supposedly authorized over the phone.  any help would be appreciated
  • 0
    Roy
    I was a sucker.

    I am now trying to clean up the mess from National Advertising & Publishing.  They are a scam, and I am filing a formal complaint with State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, here is the link to CDCP   http://www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?a=1629&Q=274424

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