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Afternoon MSEs

Our accounts department received an invoice this morning which was passed to me as I deal with our internet marketing - the invoice was from Adams Trading Partnership and referred to advertising on www.wwmdirectory.com.

I didn't recognise the name, and something seemed fishy about the description on the invoice:

Code Description Quantity Rate Amount
1 Advertising Link from Www.Wwmdirectory.com Guaranteed No 1-3 1.00 £70.36
On the relevant page of Google. Enquiries direct to client website.
Price quoted is after discount. Advertising order to be
loaded/displayed no later than 7 days from receipt of payment of this
invoice. 12 Months advertising @£70.36 Inclusive of TAX. Normal
price £199.99 + VAT. Advertising subject to adherence to our credit
terms. Order / Invoice can be cancelled on request without obligation.
Pro-forma Invoice. More Sales or Money Back Guarantee

I checked and found no evidence of an account with them, and then when I rang to check, before I had even said which company I was calling from I was told 'Oh, you wouldn't have an account with us, we just send those out to promote our services'. When I expressed the opinion that their methods were really dubious, the guy I spoke to started being rude to me and I ended up just asking him not to contact me again and hanging up.

From what I can work out, they send these 'real-looking' invoices to companies including a message saying

'Your invoice is attached. Please remit payment payable to (Adams Trading
Partnership) at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your business - we appreciate it very much.'

Absolutely no mention of the fact that we have never even heard of this company, let alone subscribed to their services!

So, I have reported them to trading standards and let people within our organisation know to be on the look out, but I thought I would come here to let you lot know, as I imagine there would be companies where this would just be paid without checking the details!

Hope this is of some help - Trading Standards said they will contact me for more information if they take it further, so I will update if appropriate!

Here's to a stress-free bank holiday everyone!

[dangeroussports]

Dont they sell kiddies cloths matey ?

[liz105]

I think you are thinking of Adams Childrenswear

[trisontana]

These fake trade directory scams have been going for years. For some strange reason many of them are based in Belgium or Switzerland.

[grahamellis]

Here are a couple of other links to this scam, which we received not once but twice last week. It comes with a Google logo on the paperwork to make it look official. We phoned Google, who are interested but knew nothing of it .... yet ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1342_Goo...new-scam-.html (This one contains a picture of the invoice!)

http://www.wellho.net/cgi-bin/openta...num=1189348201 (and an arial photo of the holiday homes that you're supposed to send your money to)

[RadoJo]

Wow - it sounds like it is even more involved than I realised! It seems crazy that people would put so much effort into a scam - I would have thought an honest day's work woud be easier, although I suppose there must be high stakes involved in this kind of thing.

I just hope that between these sites we can warn enough people and hopefully make sure nobody ends up caught out paying for this 'service'.

[vikingaero]

Plenty of ratbag companies like this around that some companies will pay out without query because it's under a certain amount.

[RadoJo]

Just a quick update for a Friday afternoon - I have had another invoice from this gang, this time claiming that they are charging me for:

36 months registration fee. 'Google it' advertising link on: www.wwmdirectory.com www.tradeorlando.com and www.honeytrapagency.com

I recognised the name, and reported them once again to trading standards as they seem to be based in Chichester now and are still using the same technique. I'm not sure what has happened to the 'Adams' part, but they also mention C Wilson and Co for payment of the invoice, so keep an eye out for them too.

Here's hoping this is the last time I see one of their scam invoices, but I will be very surprised - it's just lucky that we never automatically process an invoice without it being signed off, but I am sure there are those who do.

[hercs]

All

Just to inform all that I received a similar invoice a few months back, my 1st thought was that I always do my own marketing & never heard off this listing company before so it can't be that popular to invest money to be put on this listing,,, secondly, strange as there was no office number on the invoice only a mobile number ...

So when I rang them up I started the argument as to who are you & why have you sent me an invoice where I never requested your service,,

They replied,,, Are you telling me ?
I replied,, Yes, I'm telling you so therefore cancel this invoice
They replied,, you can only cancel the invoice on the website.
So I cancelled it the very instance.. website seems amateurish & has a lot of alias website connected to it,,,

i just checked the link & it seems to be taken off now,,,

So if anybody receives similar invoice,, Please DO NOT pay !!!!

[uglydoll]

Originally Posted by RadoJo

Just a quick update for a Friday afternoon - I have had another invoice from this gang, this time claiming that they are charging me for:

36 months registration fee. 'Google it' advertising link on: www.wwmdirectory.com www.tradeorlando.com and www.honeytrapagency.com

I recognised the name, and reported them once again to trading standards as they seem to be based in Chichester now and are still using the same technique. I'm not sure what has happened to the 'Adams' part, but they also mention C Wilson and Co for payment of the invoice, so keep an eye out for them too.

Here's hoping this is the last time I see one of their scam invoices, but I will be very surprised - it's just lucky that we never automatically process an invoice without it being signed off, but I am sure there are those who do.

I have received the exact same invoice, from Wilson Factoring / Collection agents based in Chichester. It was for an invoice for £149.99 for 36 months listing in eurobusinessmarket .com directory. Can't find a link to my website in their directory though. And I certainly did not agree anything with them, seeing as I had never heard of the company or directory...

[innovative]

Originally Posted by uglydoll

I have received the exact same invoice, from Wilson Factoring / Collection agents based in Chichester. It was for an invoice for £149.99 for 36 months listing in eurobusinessmarket .com directory. Can't find a link to my website in their directory though. And I certainly did not agree anything with them, seeing as I had never heard of the company or directory...

Hello, I have read all this and just wanted to clear some doubts, this firm/company is not a scam or whatever you call it. They send you invoices as an offer now its upto receiver whether they accept the offer and make payment or either refuse it. I also received an invoice it was clearly mentioned in it that if we require service only then we have to make the payment. I got my advert published on their website, that is all that matters to me. Why dont they give their contact number or vice versa is not for my concern. So just wanted to clear that it is not good to defame someone without knowing the fact. Has any user here been into situation where this company charged them but did not provide the service. Please have a thought about it. Thanks alot!

[maninthestreet]

Originally Posted by innovative

Hello, I have read all this and just wanted to clear some doubts, this firm/company is not a scam or whatever you call it. They send you invoices as an offer now its upto receiver whether they accept the offer and make payment or either refuse it. I also received an invoice it was clearly mentioned in it that if we require service only then we have to make the payment. I got my advert published on their website, that is all that matters to me. Why dont they give their contact number or vice versa is not for my concern. So just wanted to clear that it is not good to defame someone without knowing the fact. Has any user here been into situation where this company charged them but did not provide the service. Please have a thought about it. Thanks alot!

I new joiner to the site whose one and only post is to defend the actions of an alleged scam artist. Draw your own conclusion as to whether the poster may have links to the scam artists.

[MothballsWallet]

Not to mention they're so new they've forgotten how to space out their posts to make them readable...

[hollydays]

Originally Posted by innovative

Hello, I have read all this and just wanted to clear some doubts, this firm/company is not a scam or whatever you call it. They send you invoices as an offer now its upto receiver whether they accept the offer and make payment or either refuse it. I also received an invoice it was clearly mentioned in it that if we require service only then we have to make the payment. I got my advert published on their website, that is all that matters to me. Why dont they give their contact number or vice versa is not for my concern. So just wanted to clear that it is not good to defame someone without knowing the fact. Has any user here been into situation where this company charged them but did not provide the service. Please have a thought about it. Thanks alot!

Which is your advert,can we all have a look at it?

[innovative]

Hello Dear friends,

Few days ago I had asked that is there any individual/company who paid eurobusinessmarket.com for their banner to be advertised and did not get the service??

I would say it again that it is not a good act to defame any individual/company unless you had a bad experience!!


Just by receiving an invoice it cannot be proved that this is some scam or whatever!!!

So I need any one from my forum friends who paid for the service but did not get service from them. I hope I will get some answer. thanks alot

[eurobusinessmarket]

Hello all.

This is main administrator for eurobusinessmarket.com
I am really astonished by reading all this about our business
eurobusinessmarket is a legitimate business and always offer very good services to its clients. However if you have any suspicion about our work/intentions so please do not hesitate to spread your words, but do not call us scammers!

If any business/individuals are not happy that we sent them pro-forma inovoices you can send back that invoice to the senders address with the instructions to do not contact you in future. its that simple and easy.....

Looking forward to have some positive responses from my forum friends.
thankyou very much for ur time and patience.

Originally Posted by innovative

Hello Dear friends,

Few days ago I had asked that is there any individual/company who paid eurobusinessmarket.com for their banner to be advertised and did not get the service??

I would say it again that it is not a good act to defame any individual/company unless you had a bad experience!!


Just by receiving an invoice it cannot be proved that this is some scam or whatever!!!

So I need any one from my forum friends who paid for the service but did not get service from them. I hope I will get some answer. thanks alot

[hollydays]

Will his friends please answer.....

[euro]

Euro Business Market is a directory site of uk websites. Feel free to contact us for placing your banner / Advert.
When instructing the Euro Business Market ( EBM Corp) via either verbal or written communication you are entering into a legally binding agreement that binds you as the client to pay in full our rates and reasonable expenses (see rate page) and binds the Euro Business Market to carry out the work to the best of its ability and to conclude the work in either a written or verbal report.
Please note that we do not offer refunds unless otherwise stated by us in writing prior to our receipt of cleared funds. All monies must be paid in advance for all work carried out. Any balance outstanding to us must be settled within 48 hours (unless agreed otherwise). Any balance outstanding to the client will be used as a form of credit that can be used in future investigations. We offer no guarantee of results in any work that we undertake or service we provide.
Potential clients will be given a 30 days FREE trial. Potential Clients / Clients will be invoiced at the end of the 30 day free trial period.
To spoil and ruin our business reputation many websites and bloggers started misguiding our valued customers and spread scams about our website. we receive threats/blogging etc from different people on many forum websites and they ask for money to remove these comments. Please beware and ignore such rumors.
Those who do not wish to continue with the advertising need take no further action and can ignore without negative consequence the Pro-forma invoice that will automatically be sent. Our marketing offers / promotions remain optional until the point of payment and or the return of the remittance / order slip. Please see our Pro-forma invoice for the full terms. By accepting our 30 day free trial clients or potential clients are accepting our terms of business.
We will not be held responsible for any loss incurred by our clients. Euro Business Market and www.eurobusinessmarket.com are trading names of EBM Corp who are not registered in the UK or the USA. In the UK and the USA Collection Agents are used. Any payment must be made to those Agents. Details will be supplied with your invoice.

[hollydays]

..sorry,have to go and watch some paint dry..

[omen666]

Seems he is spamming that everywhere now people are catching onto it
http://www.thoughts.com/euro/blog/eu...market-150858/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0365662.htm
http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a