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I check phone numbers with yellowpages.com if I'm unsure, we've come full circle...
by olivermarks 8y ago
I check phone numbers with yellowpages.com if I'm unsure, we've come full circle...
- askvictor 8y agoHow do you know this is legit? Does the yellow pages verify every listing? If a company neglects to register a yellow pages slot, how hard is it for someone else to register it? Genuine questions (and I'd guess it changes by country); Google does a fair bit of effort to get business owner to claim their property on Google (again, probably changes by country); if they don't do so, then how different is it to someone neglecting to put their yellow pages entry in?
- olivermarks 8y ago@askvictor Not guaranteed legit but possibly less likely to be abused than GMaps. https://business.yellowpages.ca/onboarding/#/search https://business.yellowpages.ca/onboarding/#/search I actually look at the local paper book yellow pages sometimes for local businesses - sometimes you find good people who haven't bothered to get online.
- ams6110 8y agoYou have to pay to be in the yellow pages, so that both discourages scammers and provides identity confirmation (bank account or credit card number)
- askvictor 8y agoProbably a small price to pay for scammers, and I wonder/doubt if anyone actually confirms the details - yes, it might be possible after the fact, but by that point the damage is done.
- w8rbt 8y agoAlso good to verify the phone number on the company website.
- marmshallow 8y agoI'd say the safest thing is to call the number on your bank statement or the number on the back of your card.