Another Mailing From Direct Factoring

Several readers have received new mailings from Direct Factoring EOOD, a German company that claims to have purchased claims from Yellow Page Marketing, B.V., demanding payment of $1,068. The mailing is accompanied by a postage paid envelope.  One reader said that he stuffed the business reply envelope with paper and mailed it back to Direct Factoring EOOD so they will have to pay the return postage.

Also, the FTC has updated their press release on this new wrinkle in the scam, noting that the court order in the Yellow Page Marketing, B.V. case prohibits collection of payments on Yellow Page Marketing accounts.  

More on Direct Factoring EOOD

Here is another example of a letter from Direct Factoring EOOD, which is apparently German company that claims to have been assigned accounts from Yellow Page Marketing, B.V. Readers should be aware that this latest version of the scam has been reported to both U.S. and German authorities and we hope to have some governmental action taken against this company.

Latest Scam: German Collection Company

It has been quite a while since I posted here. Not much new has occurred since the FTC shut down the original Yellow Page B.V. scam. However, there is now a collection agency in Germany that is trying to convince people to pay off on this old Yellow Page scam. Several people have commented that they have received notices from a company called Direct Factoring in Hilden, Germany. (MBE Huas PF 364 Hofstrasse 1 40723 Hilden Germany) This company is claiming they are debt collectors for Yellow Page Marketing BV and demanding payment. They have also been reported to have threatened to negatively affect people's credit rating if they don't pay. This latest wrinkle has been reported to the FTC, and to European authorities. I do have a relatively poor image of one of the letters (shown here) but it would be helpful to have a better copy of this German collection letter to share here and with the FTC and German authorities. Please fax a copy to (949) 200-4500. All personally identifiable information will be redacted. Together we can stop this latest effort to fleece honest U.S. business people!

Stop the Yellow Page B.V/Yellow Data Services LTD Scam

IMPORTANT UPDATE: 
The FTC has sued Yellow Page B.V., Yellow Page (Netherlands) B.V.; Yellow Publishing Ltd.; and Yellow Data Services Ltd., for making false representations to businesses in the U.S.  A temporary restraining order has been granted by a U.S. Federal Court fraudulent on the grounds that they falsely represented that businesses and nonprofits had a preexisting business relationship with them, and falsely represented that they were affiliated with a local yellow pages directory, in violation of the FTC Act. See details of the FTC action here:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/07/yellowpage.shtm
 

This site is dedicated to ferreting out as much information as possible about the Yellow Page, B.V. scam, (recently renamed Yellow Data Services LTD) sharing that information, and bringing to light all those who are cooperating with this outrageous rip-off. 

If you've found this site chances are you have received a fax that looks like this:

You may have signed this form and sent it back. And you may now have a collection agency (probably ACL Collections) trying to get you to pay them $1,068 or else.  Well, you are not alone.  This scam is being perpetrated right now on thousands of business people.  This website is intended to share information, and to empower those caught up in the scam to resist it.

I am wondering if anyone has been sued in court by Yellow Page, B.V. or their collection agencies. Also, if you have paid anything to Yellow Page, B.V. or Yellow Data Services LTD, I would be interested to know that.