I just received a call from "Ron Williams" Sr. Manager Cancellation Department of the Online Yellow Pages company. Ron told me that I had a pending invoice for $599 for a yellow pages listing that was set up two years ago— year 1 was FREE and the 2nd year had been at 1/2 price. And that the next year would be for $1200. I explained that our business had been closed for 10 years, following the death of the owner and that there was no way we had set up a listing on the YP. He assured me that he would personally clear it up BUT I would have to be transferred to the "Quality Control" group to authorize the cancellation and THEN, AGREE TO THE $599 charges that were currently due. I would be given some number and then "Ron" would call me me back and PERSONALLY handle crediting our account. I shouldn't tell his QA person all this—just tell them I was authorized to cancel the ad that I was agreeing to the current charges. SOmething about their commission structure. I agreed to talk to his QA group and was transferred to "Will." While I questioned Will about his company and WHERE I could find our advertisement—supposedly www.onlineLocalyp.com—I tried to pull it up and NO WEBSITE was found. He even tried to pull it up and then told me there must be something wrong with the website today. I also was searching for SCAMS for "ONLINE LOCAL YP" and found MANY. I finally told Will to sue me and hung up. "Ron" called back and asked for the "number" and I told him I was reading about his scam and asked how could he live with himself. Thanks for YOUR posting which confirmed my suspicions.
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