{"id":43,"date":"2024-09-08T19:08:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2024-09-08T19:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:08:25","slug":"beware-of-yellow-pages-online-directory-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Yellow Pages Online Directory Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reoccurring scam going on where companies (they go by various names) are soliciting business listings and misleading people to believe that they are free.\u00a0 Here is an example of one that was faxed, <a title=\"Yellow Pages Online Directory Scam\" href=\"https:\/\/globalit.com\/reports\/yellow-pages-scam.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/globalit.com\/reports\/yellow-pages-scam.pdf<\/a>.\u00a0 These type of forms are being sent via email, fax and mail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As you can see, they seem to be advertising that there is no charge for the listing:<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-top.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246 aligncenter\" title=\"Yellow Pages Online Directory Scam\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-top.jpg\" alt=\"yellow-pages-scam-top\" width=\"461\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But if you read the fine print it says that this is an order form, that you are subject to pay $1099 for two years and that you have to cancel three months in advance or your listing will auto renew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-highlighted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247 aligncenter\" title=\"Yellow Pages Online Driectory Scam Order Form\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-highlighted.jpg\" alt=\"yellow-pages-scam-highlighted\" width=\"597\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This company will send multiple collections agencies after you if you do not pay the invoice. Have a look at their actual website.\u00a0 It generate very little search results when you do a search.\u00a0 Do you notice that they have the fax number listed twice, however there is no phone number for this company.<\/p>\n<p>Please be cautious for companies like these.\u00a0 They consistently change their name and website address to mislead people.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/info.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-top.jpg|https:\/\/info.globalit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/yellow-pages-scam-highlighted.jpg<\/p>\n<p>Internet Security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reoccurring scam going on where companies (they go by various names) are soliciting business listings and misleading people to believe that they are free.\u00a0 Here is an example of one that was faxed, https:\/\/globalit.com\/reports\/yellow-pages-scam.pdf.\u00a0 These type of forms are being sent via email, fax and mail. As you can see, they seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizenmarketing.noumanshahid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}