Yellow warns about invoice scam
Yellow is warning customers about an invoice scam.
Hoax invoices are being sent from YellowPage-NewZealand.com by mail in order to scam money.
The invoice claims to be sent on behalf and in the name of Yellow Publishing Ltd and instructs recipients to make payment by cheque to Yellow Page Marketing BV Plaza Level, Axa Centre, 41 Shortland St, Auckland 1010.
The invoice displays a logo which looks like the real Yellow pages logo but is upside down.
Yellow marketing director Kellie Nathan said that if anyone receives this invoice they should contact the police.
“Whoever is behind this hoax is just trying to scam money from advertisers and they are counting on people thinking the invoice has come from the Yellow Pages Group.
“We’re taking this very seriously and have notified the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Scam Watch, the Commerce Commission and the New Zealand Police.”
Yellow is advising customers to contact its Customer Assist team on 0800 803 803 or the New Zealand Police, if they receive this invoice or have any concerns.
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We told Yellow for months they were sending us incorrect invoices (addressed to us but were for another customer), emailed, phoned, posted the invoices back to them - and they would keep sending them. Wasn't until we contacted the customer it should have been going to and they complained that they finally fixed the problem almost a year after we notified them - shocking!
I've searched a while for some business invoice forms but I didn't find something free that I like. Then a friend recommended invoice templates free. I've started to use them few days ago and I am happy with results. And it wasn't a scam! You have to be careful all the time.
I wonder how many people they scammed? It's important to keep a keen eye out for stuff like this... Scams are easy to detect on the internet but I think people have their guards down in real life.
chris
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