Public Yellow Pages
Complaint
Marina
Country: United States
This is from "Public yellow pages"
REMINDER
For the attention of: (our name)
Company: XXXXXXXXX
Account Number: U5246383
From: Anna Harris
Date: February 10, 2012
Amount: 686.96
Message:
COLLECTION NOTICE
Dear XXXX
This courtesy notice is a reminder that the above referenced account with Public Yellow Pages Inc has fallen 162 days past due which has been referred for collection and is accruing additional costs and interest. We understand this may have been an oversight.
I have attached a further copy of our invoice for your records in an attempt to give you an opportunity to resolve this delinquency. Please send your payment or explanation for non-payment.
Thank you in advance for your prompt payment.
Please send payment or contact your creditor directly and save 10%. Sincerely yours,
Anna Harris
Collection agent
Public Yellow Pages
1-800-881-9495 ext. 403
646-863-6211
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AS REQUIRED BY LAW, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A NEGATIVE CREDIT REPORT REFLECTING ON YOUR CREDIT RECORD MAY BE SUBMITTED TO A REPORTING AGENCY IF YOU FAIL TO FULFILL THE TERMS OF YOUR CREDIT OBLIGATIONS. FURTHERMORE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NOTICE IS FROM OUR INTERNAL DEBT COLLECTION DEPARTMENT OFFERING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE THIS DELINQUENCY DEBT.
They are located at
405 Lexington Avenue
Chrysler Building 26th Floor
New York, NY 10174
They also included (after I requested) W-9 form
Of course there was involved "cancellation of the invoice" supported with number for cancellation and persons name Sarai.
How to stop them. I don't have any intent to pay something we didn't ordered. Our listing was made when I asked them where is our listing, it took them time to actually make that listing.
REMINDER
For the attention of: (our name)
Company: XXXXXXXXX
Account Number: U5246383
From: Anna Harris
Date: February 10, 2012
Amount: 686.96
Message:
COLLECTION NOTICE
Dear XXXX
This courtesy notice is a reminder that the above referenced account with Public Yellow Pages Inc has fallen 162 days past due which has been referred for collection and is accruing additional costs and interest. We understand this may have been an oversight.
I have attached a further copy of our invoice for your records in an attempt to give you an opportunity to resolve this delinquency. Please send your payment or explanation for non-payment.
Thank you in advance for your prompt payment.
Please send payment or contact your creditor directly and save 10%. Sincerely yours,
Anna Harris
Collection agent
Public Yellow Pages
1-800-881-9495 ext. 403
646-863-6211
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AS REQUIRED BY LAW, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A NEGATIVE CREDIT REPORT REFLECTING ON YOUR CREDIT RECORD MAY BE SUBMITTED TO A REPORTING AGENCY IF YOU FAIL TO FULFILL THE TERMS OF YOUR CREDIT OBLIGATIONS. FURTHERMORE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NOTICE IS FROM OUR INTERNAL DEBT COLLECTION DEPARTMENT OFFERING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE THIS DELINQUENCY DEBT.
They are located at
405 Lexington Avenue
Chrysler Building 26th Floor
New York, NY 10174
They also included (after I requested) W-9 form
Of course there was involved "cancellation of the invoice" supported with number for cancellation and persons name Sarai.
How to stop them. I don't have any intent to pay something we didn't ordered. Our listing was made when I asked them where is our listing, it took them time to actually make that listing.
Comments
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-881-9495
Reported as the "sales through extortion" side of the scam:
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-797-2437/3
"...
TICKED OFF
16 Feb 2012SAME AS ABOVE. PHONE NUMBER IS 800-881-9495.
CALLED MY BUSINESS TODAY AND MY WIFE ANSWERED. TRIED TO GET ME TO PHONE. SHE SAID IT WAS SOMEONE FROM THE YELLOW PAGES ABOT MY AD. SHA ALSO SATED SHE COULD BARLEY UNDERSTAND THEM AND BEING THE LOVELY REPUBLICAN THAT SHE IS (I AM TOO) SHE REMARKED "HAVE THE YELLOW PAGES OUTSOURCED THEIR SERVICES TO INDIA AS WELL" I WAS BUSY & TOLD HER TO TAKE MESSAGE....THEY THEN BEGAN QUESTIONING HER IN A HARASSING WAY... VERIFYING ADDRESS ETC... THEN ASKED HER IF I AUTHORIZED ANY ONE ELSE IN THE OFFICE TO MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS FOR ME... SHE SAID NO... THEY CONTINUED TO HARRASS HER. THEY TOLD HER IF SHE DID NOT GET A CANCELATION NUMBER I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A 5 HUNDRED SOMETHING DOLLAR BILL FROM THEM.
..."
"The FTC guy wouldn't hear me out--he gave me a case number to reference and told me they are flooded with calls and are very well aware that Public Yellow Pages is fraud.
..."
Again, it's the "business directory" call center itself.
http://www.scambook.com/report/view/90868/Yellow-Pages-Prime-False-Advertising-for-676.80-on-11-10-2011
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PUBLIC YELLOW PAGES @405 Lexington Ave, Chrysler Building, 26th floor, NY, NY 10174. Tel (800) 881-9495. Fax (646)530-8774.
..."
Possible connection between "Public Yellow Pages call center, and reports of "fix your computer" scam prossibly run from an overseas call center.
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/2102490540/17
"...
Dan
2 Mar 2012Got a call from this number with no answer.
Then got a fax from this number the next call.
Posing as "Public Yellow Pages" company with (800) 881-9495 customer number.
Company is frauduantly sending an invoice for $599.99 billing for internet marketing and marketing and services rendered.
Services never ordered.
Odd no one else has had this faxed to them though.Caller: Public Yellow Pages
Call Type: Debt Collector
...:"
One of the fraudulent Canadian "business directory" telemarketers that FTC sued and got a permanent injunction against was reportedly using a Pakistani call center. This one is showing the possibility of a similar connection. That may imply we are dealing with the same scam as FTC already sued, but they just changed their names and kept running.
We bought our store from someone else and changed the name. The weird part is they had a recording of my husband's voice spelling our last name, but also saying any bills should be sent to the old owner of the store.. My husband must have (at some point) tried to get them to send the bill to the old owner, thinking it was one of his leftover bills, but spelling his own name in the process. Scammers are the worst.
Now I got their letter, saying if we don't pay, our account will be sold to a third party collection agency. It will pursue full balance, interest, legal fee, other associated cost.
Their tape is highly suspicious. Our secretary told them he is a secretary. He has no authority to agree on it. Why they don't ask for manager or owner of the business.
From the various experiences with Nathan, I think he either has a poor memory (not remembering my company or my name, even though the exchanges were VERY contentious) or there's MULTIPLE NATHAN's.
As far as actually using their search, until I enterered our precise name and localion including city and state, WE WERE INVISIBLE. With the precise match to their "invoice" we here finally found. Four of us, all at the same address, but 4 different industries/specialties and various telephone numbers.
Incidentally, the "fax number" on the invoice is for an escort service. I kept those search results as well.
One last word; don't assume they'll go away. Plan for them to call or mail again and again. They kept calling until they found someone dumb enough to allow themselves to be recorded, and edited to suit their needs. Also don't bother sending cancellation letters, its a waste of time. They've received at least 4, from the owners, and other managers here. The chased us for over a year before they found their dummy.
http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2012/0 ... e-its-back.html
We followed them and got a letter today stating that all debts with this company have been absolved and we have been removed from their database. We actually received an invoice via the USPS mail however, so we're looking into filing mail fraud charges against them.