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FTC Stops Online ‘Yellow Pages’ Scam; Canada-Based Operation Targeted Small Businesses and Churches in United States

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2013.  At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has temporarily halted, and frozen the assets of, a Montreal operation that bilked more than $14 million from small businesses and churches in the United States for unwanted listings in online business directories.  The FTC seeks to permanently stop the illegal practices and make the defendants return victims’ money – the scheme has generated more than 13,000 complaints from consumers.

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