Brian Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Heads. Just opening the business post and found a document entitled 'European City Guide'. It looks like a data collection exercise to compile a CD-ROM of business names and addresses but it is in fact an order for 997.00 Euro to have your business listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Heads. Just opening the business post and found a document entitled 'European City Guide'. It looks like a data collection exercise to compile a CD-ROM of business names and addresses but it is in fact an order for 997.00 Euro to have your business listed. Contact your local trading standards as they sometimes pursue these or issue a local press release to warn others.We get this type of thing quite frequently, also by email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgye Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 If you inadvertently fell for the scam and signed on the dotted line, it's difficult to see how the perpetrators could ever enforce the alleged debt. I can't imagine them turning up at the County Court to argue their case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Don't assume that it's a UK company! You could be looking at the legal system in a far country, in that language and by their traditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 ...the legal system in a far country, in that language and by their traditions.In this case it's Spain. It seems the company behind it are well versed in this practice... More. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modge Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was reminded of this thread when I got another of these by email:Add "Europe Business Guide" to your list of people to be suspicious of. I get a great number of them by email, generally to addresses that make sense only if it's being sent by an automated process: customercare@tracelighting.com is not an obvious choice otherwise! Very similar idea: email makes no reference to charging, then there's an attached form, with small print telling you it's an order and that you're bound by their terms available on a website my antivirus won't even let me visit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 ...the legal system in a far country, in that language and by their traditions.In this case it's Spain. It seems the company behind it are well versed in this practice... More.Spain is part of the EU, as is the UK, believe it or not :D and are all governed by EU law for this type of scam.CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Their mistake was getting greedy. Keep it under £100 and an awful lot of large-ish companies would probably just pay it without noticing. Even if only one in a hundred pay, they can still make a lot of money with scams like this. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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