![]() Knowler advises that all parties have five business days in which to cancel a direct marketing agreement without incurring any penalty, by law. Most victims only find out that they've been scammed after seven days, once payment is demanded from the scammers' debt collector department. ![]() You can cancel within 7 days of signing but you have to pay half R3588." In large print, the email attachment reads: free Search Engine Optimisation.īut the small print, says otherwise: " This is a 12-month listing, at a cost of R7176 (written out in words so the eye doesn’t spot it) excluding VAT. The email also contains the local directory name at the top, for example Cape Peninsula Telephone Directory, 2018. The email address is which makes it look legit and adds to the impression that it’s just a confirmation of the business’ existing listing details. Please note this is for your telephone directory." Ensure the above attachment is signed and returned to the email address provided at your soonest convenience. The scammers then send an email that goes something like this: ![]() The scammers find a bold listing in a phone book and make a call to the company and to get their official email address. Knowler says she's received several complaints from jewellers, architects, speech therapists, guesthouse owners and videographers who have all fallen victim.Ī lot of the small businesses do pay up because, even though they know that they've been misled or scammed, they can't take the harassment. ![]() They dupe businesspeople across the country, especially in the the past six months. Small businesses with paid listings in one of Telkom’s regional phone books are vulnerable to a new scam, warnsĪlso read: I cancelled my Telkom line, but I'm still being billed - irate customers recountīusinesses with bold listings could be a target for a company that’s running a very clever scam pretending to be Telkom’s directory. There's a scam that's targeting small business owners with listings in Telkom's white or yellow pages, warns Wendy Knowler. ![]()
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