{"id":176,"date":"2006-03-07T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T20:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/176"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:54:33","slug":"qwest-phone-bill-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/viruses-and-scams\/qwest-phone-bill-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Qwest Phone Bill Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Portland web hosting customers got this on her home Qwest bill this past month.<\/p>\n<p><em>The following transaction is billed on behalf of:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GLOBAL YP <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GlobalYP GldBizPlnMoFee &#8211; $34.99\u00a0 The Billing Resource Misc Charge and Credits<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since PDXTC is her\u00a0web host, she called to\u00a0see if I knew anything about them, which I did not &#8211; However, here&#8217;s what\u00a0she found out by calling Qwest &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Qwest will remove the charge if asked. That&#8217;s it!\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t that nice of them?\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0should not even be legal, in my book.<\/p>\n<p>Check your phone bill immediately, and call Qwest and tell them that you would appreciate no charges ever get added to your bill without your advanced knowledge and approval. what a ripoff!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the company &#8211; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalyp.net\/\">http:\/\/www.globalyp.net\/<\/a>) \u00a0that has somehow worked out this scam with Qwest. The phone number is a call center located in India.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"feature\"><\/span><span id=\"google-navclient-hilite\" style=\"color: black; background-color: yellow\">GlobalYP<\/span>.Net<br \/>\n1540 Market Street Suite 435<br \/>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102<br \/>\n<span class=\"feature\">US and Canada:1.800.672.9588<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"feature\">Is this\u00a0another good reason to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1689513-10397306\">dump Qwest forever and use Vonage instead<\/a>? <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Portland web hosting customers got this on her home Qwest bill this past month. 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