On June 5 World Wide Source telephoned our offices and informed our secretary (on her first day with us) that they were confirming address information on an order placed prior to her employment with us. She confirmed the order with World Wide Source (WWS) not realizing that we never ordered a listing in WWS American Business Index or the AT&T National Toll Free Directory (which was given complimentary). This confirmation was recorded.
We have one question. Why would a secretary on her first day agree to commit the company she just started working for to a $423.95 invoice for advertising or a directory listing that wasnt approved unless, the telemarketer on the phone mislead her by stating they were calling to confirm address information for something we had already purchased?
American Solution Information (ASI) has called several times requesting payment and offering to play the recording to us. Weve explained the circumstances to them and they have informed us that they are only a collection agency. It makes one wonder if this scam isnt being used on other unsuspecting companies.
In an attempt to conduct some further investigation into what WWS/ASI were actually selling, I telephoned one of the listings. What I found was very interesting. A woman answered the phone and announced that she was in an Accounting Firms office and not a contractors office and that the number I had dialed had been the number to their offices since before 2001.
We contacted our District Attorney here in Florida and he (their offices) telephoned as soon as they got our letter. They informed us of pretty much what everyone else here has said.
So I wrote Mr. Angelatos, the owner of these bad companies, a letter myself. I informed him that we knew exactly who he was, what his companies were, and we let him know we reported him for mail fraud and that we weren't gonna give them a single American penny.
There's other complaints on Google, we found. If you read the first complaint that comes up in Google you'll see where we got our information to call the Royal Canadian Mounted Police PhoneBusters Unit. They've only received 28 complaints against this company and they tell me that is only a 1/2 percent.
More people should exercise their rights as a consumer, if they did, less people would be getting ripped off!!!
Oh yeah the RCMP Phone Busters can be reached by fax at 888-654-9426 (toll free). Remember, these are not civil offenses, what they are doing is CRIMINAL.
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