CONSUMER ALERT: E-YELLOW PAGES AD SOLICITATIONS CAUSING CONFUSION

March 4, 2004

MARCH 4, 2004

CHARLES DOW, DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, 207-626-8577

 

            Is it Verizon calling or Horizon calling?  The Attorney General’s Consumer Division has received numerous complaints from Maine businesses that were called by a company they thought was Verizon, telling them it was time to renew their “Yellow Pages” listing.  In fact, it was a caller claiming to be “Horizon E-Yellow Pages” and pronouncing the name in such a way that it seemed that Verizon was calling. 

            Horizon appears to be targeting small Maine businesses and church offices, which are led to believe that it is Verizon calling to renew their Yellow Pages listing.  Soon the business receives a bill for approximately $400 from a company they have never heard of and certainly have not had a previously listing with.  If you have been fooled into contracting with Horizon E-Yellow Pages, contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Division at 1-800-436-2131 or send an email to consumer.mediation@maine.gov.

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