Some marketing agency using SCE's phone list to make cold calls of some sort. I pretended to be the long dead person on their list and then they hung up.

I got a call saying that they were calling about a cancellation of my Yellow Pages ad. They were incredibly pushy and tried to get me to authorize the cancellation in order to get a "cancellation number". I asked for an explanation, and the person on the phone repeated herself without any real information. I am a receptionist at a clinic, and I told her that I did not have any authorization capabilities. This repeated several times until she hung up on me due to my constant refusal.

tl;dr: SCAM SCAM SCAM.

they are scamming you to cancel an ad you never had in the first place.  Then they send you a bill for the non-existent ad.   THEY ARE NOT THE REAL YELLOW PAGES

The cancellation authorizartion is so they can record you and edit the recording so it sounds like you agreeing to pay the bill they are about to send you

http://800notes.com/arts/LFRVNXyqwQBNrAjLF8wQyg
16 Ways You Can be Phone Scammed



7.Free Listing at Yellow Pages:  This scam targets businesses. The caller says that he is from Yellow Pages and is calling to update their records. He proceeds by asking to confirm some basic information such as owner’s name, business phone number, address, and company name. Then they start billing the victim and only then the business owner realizes that it’s not a free listing and it was not Yellow Pages directory that called.


The victims report that when they call to complain, the company plays the recorded conversation with the victim saying 'Yes' except that the caller is reading from a completely different script. The scammers replace one side of the conversation, making it sound as if the business owner agreed to a paid listing and a monthly fee.

A woman with a very thick Indian accent called here telling us that she had spoken with the owner of the company and that the owner had requested a cancellation confirmation.  He did not speak with them, nor did he request cancellation.  We have never had an online yellow page listing with this company.  She tried to tell me that this would avoid a $520.00 renewal charge and that she had to transfer me to the cancellation department.  And that the people in this department were not able to answer questions because they were reading from a script.

I told her that we never had an online listing with them or anyone else to renew or cancel, that she nor anyone else had ever talked to the owner and that if we heard from them again the next person they would be talking to is our lawyer and further I'd report them to the FCC.  I told her goodbye and hung up.

Called this morning and I simply told them that I died. Glad I didn't take it further......