I got a check in the mail today from YP.com for $3.25. We have several affiliates listed on Somd.com, so it's not unusual for us to receive a low amount check from a company I don't recognize.
As I flip the check over to stamp it, I notice the following:
"Please list my company's information as shown in this check on the YP.com Internet website. I am over 18 and authorized to place this advertisement by depositing this check into my business account, and by doing so I agree to pay $27.50 per month for this advertisement."
What the hell is THAT all about??? So you can just send people a check that, if they erroneously deposit it, obligates you to purchase their bogus service??? What kind of scam is that and why is that not illegal???
We get clients whose domains we manage calling all the time because they received an "urgent notification" from Domain Registry of America that their domain is getting ready to expire and they must send a check or pay online with a credit card immediately or they'll lose their domain name. Some are sharp enough to call me and verify this, but others go ahead and pay the "invoice", which then transfers their domain name to this bogus registry service and it becomes a nightmare getting it back.
These types of misleading sales tactics should be illegal and I'd love to know why the DOJ hasn't done something about this. I wonder what it would take to file a class-action lawsuit against these people and get them shut down.
As I flip the check over to stamp it, I notice the following:
"Please list my company's information as shown in this check on the YP.com Internet website. I am over 18 and authorized to place this advertisement by depositing this check into my business account, and by doing so I agree to pay $27.50 per month for this advertisement."
What the hell is THAT all about??? So you can just send people a check that, if they erroneously deposit it, obligates you to purchase their bogus service??? What kind of scam is that and why is that not illegal???
We get clients whose domains we manage calling all the time because they received an "urgent notification" from Domain Registry of America that their domain is getting ready to expire and they must send a check or pay online with a credit card immediately or they'll lose their domain name. Some are sharp enough to call me and verify this, but others go ahead and pay the "invoice", which then transfers their domain name to this bogus registry service and it becomes a nightmare getting it back.
These types of misleading sales tactics should be illegal and I'd love to know why the DOJ hasn't done something about this. I wonder what it would take to file a class-action lawsuit against these people and get them shut down.
and I got one from YP, too.
I was really suprized that a MC was pulling such crapola. I cut that card up after getting a few of them along with the phone solicitations for the same crap.