Hello all! Happy to report that all previously mentioned companies have ceased contact, and any companies who call us unsolicited are informed of our membership of the Advertising Protection Agency. UNFORTUNATELY, we now have a new company called Tulip who have bypassed the usual phone calls to send us invoices directly for various emergency services magazines. I've sent the invoices received to the ATP. Another one to watch. As for you Morsquare, get in touch with the Advertising Protection Agency and Trading Standards immediately for help! Don't engage any callers in conversation and avoid yes and no answers if you do. Stay strong!

Hello again. We're now registered with the Advertising Protection Agency. Turner Wilson calls, we tell them that fact and put the phone down. They become aggressive then fade into nothing. Street Beat has never resurfaced [EDIT]. So, thus far, the [problematic] are calling themselves: Turner Wilson Turner Wilson Associates Turner Wilson Media Street Beat Street Beat Associates [EDIT] North Wales Emergency Services [EDIT] (Most seem to be based in Liverpool judging by accents). All say that same thing, that they have spoken to (insert name here) and that they need either confirmation of an advert placed with them or payment of an invoice for an advert placed. They are very insistent that an order was placed with them verbally. If you ask for a copy of the advert/invoice, you will either receive nothing or an e-mail/fax/letter of a hastily put together document. My advice to anyone else experiencing this is - don't be scared. Whenever you do actually place orders with anyone use a designated person and always use an order number or reference that you’ll recognize and know that if it is not given on request then it’s unlikely you placed the order. You don't have to deal with these kinds of calls and you can put the phone down if they persist. Consider registering with the Advertising Protection Agency (they’ve been very helpful and reassuring to us). Don't let the [problematic] get to you! Don't agree to anything! You know you didn't place an advert with them so stick to your guns! Calmly tell them each time that you didn't place and advert and would they not call again. If they call a lot, tell them they are harassing you and that you will report them to higher authorities if they continue. They'll threaten court action, they’ll get aggressive etc, but they have no grounds and they’re just bullying you for money. Register with the Advertising Protection Agency too! Any further developments will be posted. I just hope I’ve been able to help someone else in a similar situation.

We are STILL being targeted by these scummy [problematic], now by two further companies - one apparently from Street Beat Magazine where a very nervous young girl from Liverpool feebly demanded payment for an invoice - she had no invoice number, order number or anything else but only a contact name. I explained that I believed it was a [problem] and she whispered 'I'm so sorry' and hung up the phone - oh dear! Poor girl! THEN, five minutes later, a VERY aggressive Scouser called from North Wales Emergency something-or-other demanding payment for an invoice for advertising. I asked him for confirmation etc, etc and told him to fax me proof, he said 'I will then!' in a high pitched voice and slammed the phone down. Guess what? No fax! This is getting VERY tiresome now. When will it end?

I work at a charity in North Wales and we were recently (around October last year) contacted by a company calling themselves Turner Wilson Associates (and Turner Wilson Media). They said they had spoken to us some months ago about advertising in an emergency services magazine and could we confirm that we wanted our advert to go ahead. They called repeatedly, sometimes five times a day, about this. As we were in our busy period we were unable to act on the issue and had to keep ‘fobbing them off, which seemed to make their calls all the more frequent! We could find no information in the office so our office manager told them to send through a proof and that our admin assistant would confirm. Weeks passed by... then we received an email from them (from turnerwilson.net) with nothing attached, and then just the other day they called again asking for confirmation. Exasperated, we told them to send through a proof again and then we'd confirm. What we received was an invoice for £295! I decided to do some digging and the only mention of this company that I found online was here: http://www.advertisingprotectionagency.org/Monitoring.htm Further digging led me to numerous websites, including this one, about emergency services advertising scams. So, I have e-mailed them (to all given addresses!) stating that they are not to contact us again or I would report them to trading standards. Guess what? Their accounts department is now chasing us for payment of the invoice! They have given various website addresses and e-mail addresses, none of which seem to actually exist. The telephone numbers they provide, when dialed, lead to dead air. Has anyone else heard of or had dealings with this company?