naturalnails
Legend
Just after the Summer last year I agreed to do a magazine piece.
Ever since then I have been inundated with calls from other magazines saying I agreed to do their adverts. I know I havent.
The worst though is one company sent me an invoice for £200 out of the blue confirming my advert in their "Community brochure". They had lifted some graphics from my website and made a "proof".
When I received the invoice I called them up and said I knew nothing about it and I would not be paying. They played me a recording which was supposed to be me agreeing to this. This phone call never happened.
They called me again saying that they would contact the police if I didnt pay as there must be someone else in my organisation who was booking advertising space pretending to be me.
I have received two further invoices and yesterday I received a letter from a debt collection agency, allegedly LOL, saying they had been instructed to collect the debt and if I didnt pay within 7 days they could appear at my premises and recover items to the value of the invoice plus another £150 +VAT.
This was very scarey and if I was not 100% sure I did not agree to this then maybe it would have been less hassle to just pay it. That is what they are banking on. If I paid it then another one would come out of the woodwork and on it would go.
I have spoken with a legal adviser who says it is bogus. I have also contacted the fraud awareness team and given them as many details as I could from the letters.
Be very careful out there, these people are targetting small businesses and preying on people who they think they can intimidate.
Ever since then I have been inundated with calls from other magazines saying I agreed to do their adverts. I know I havent.
The worst though is one company sent me an invoice for £200 out of the blue confirming my advert in their "Community brochure". They had lifted some graphics from my website and made a "proof".
When I received the invoice I called them up and said I knew nothing about it and I would not be paying. They played me a recording which was supposed to be me agreeing to this. This phone call never happened.
They called me again saying that they would contact the police if I didnt pay as there must be someone else in my organisation who was booking advertising space pretending to be me.
I have received two further invoices and yesterday I received a letter from a debt collection agency, allegedly LOL, saying they had been instructed to collect the debt and if I didnt pay within 7 days they could appear at my premises and recover items to the value of the invoice plus another £150 +VAT.
This was very scarey and if I was not 100% sure I did not agree to this then maybe it would have been less hassle to just pay it. That is what they are banking on. If I paid it then another one would come out of the woodwork and on it would go.
I have spoken with a legal adviser who says it is bogus. I have also contacted the fraud awareness team and given them as many details as I could from the letters.
Be very careful out there, these people are targetting small businesses and preying on people who they think they can intimidate.
