tankman1989
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I don't know if I made a mistake in dealing with this company. http://www.usdirectory.com/. I received some yellow pages solicitations in the mail over the last month or so and the last few days I started to receive phone calls from "US Directory". The woman was definitely from India or the Philippines and was persistent in her sales pitch. She had a good bit of my company information and was selling a $5/month advertising +$.25 per referral.
I was very hesitant upon signing up but when I looked at their website and asked if this was a division of yellow pages or yellow book, she said yellow pages. They have the yellow pages "icon" on their site so I figured that it was legit. I decided to try it as I could cancel with a 100% money back garuntee within 60 days with no cancellation fee.
Next came the account information. She wanted a checking account number but I said I wanted to use a credit card. After I gave her the info, she asked for my mothers maiden name and the last 4 digits of my SSN. This is where I stopped and decided no to go any further. I told her i wasn't comfortable giving that out so she then asked my birthdate and other security questions that I wasn't comfortable with. I decided not to continue with real information. I asked if I could see their website and fill it out online. I did and when it came to the security questions, I made up info as I figured this would be the safest route.
After signing up I did a search and found that the company had been reported as a scam. I also looked through their site and found local businesses advertising there so I am at a loss as to figuring out if they are legit or not.
Scroll down about 1/5 of the way down this page and see where it says that there was a lawsuit in Harrisburg, PA (and 25 other states) for fraudulent business practices. http://lee.org/blog/2007/09/29/usdirectorycom-is-a-scam/
Well, after seeing this I decided to cancel my check card immediately and told my bank what happened. They canceled it and were helpful.
I'm still not sure if this is a legit company or not and am wondering if any of you have had any experiences with them.
I was very hesitant upon signing up but when I looked at their website and asked if this was a division of yellow pages or yellow book, she said yellow pages. They have the yellow pages "icon" on their site so I figured that it was legit. I decided to try it as I could cancel with a 100% money back garuntee within 60 days with no cancellation fee.
Next came the account information. She wanted a checking account number but I said I wanted to use a credit card. After I gave her the info, she asked for my mothers maiden name and the last 4 digits of my SSN. This is where I stopped and decided no to go any further. I told her i wasn't comfortable giving that out so she then asked my birthdate and other security questions that I wasn't comfortable with. I decided not to continue with real information. I asked if I could see their website and fill it out online. I did and when it came to the security questions, I made up info as I figured this would be the safest route.
After signing up I did a search and found that the company had been reported as a scam. I also looked through their site and found local businesses advertising there so I am at a loss as to figuring out if they are legit or not.
Scroll down about 1/5 of the way down this page and see where it says that there was a lawsuit in Harrisburg, PA (and 25 other states) for fraudulent business practices. http://lee.org/blog/2007/09/29/usdirectorycom-is-a-scam/
Well, after seeing this I decided to cancel my check card immediately and told my bank what happened. They canceled it and were helpful.
I'm still not sure if this is a legit company or not and am wondering if any of you have had any experiences with them.