Nov 24, 2010
There is a scam tageted at small/tiny businesses whereby you get cold-called for a free listing somewhere and then receive an invoice for it. During the call, the scammer will ask you to verify stuff (see VON's post above), the idea being to get you to say "yes" a few times, then they splice authorization questions into the tape so it sounds like you'd agreed to pay for it. When you contest the invoice, they'll insist you'd agreed to it on tape and you'll be harassed and threatened with a lawsuit. Many small/tiny businesses pay them to go away. Am not saying this is what's happening here but please be aware this scam exists. Please spread the word to business owners you know.