Comments on: Waldberg&Hirsch Global Collections – More Scams To Simply Ignore

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:15:47 +0000

Note that the owners of the phone numbers are individuals who very likely are not away that what they are doing is punishable by law in many places.

As for the Police in Utrecht (or Madrid as their other aliases use) have no company locally to prosecute – only PO Boxes – for the authorities to “stake out” a Post box to see who is collecting the mail a felony must have been committed – or it must be a matter of national security.

Harassment doesn’t cut it.

One guy suggested something funny like sending a 12MB picture of a rubbish bin to all of their e-mail addresses every 15 minutes for a week…

I’m just trying to get back to work!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:06:49 +0000

Ah and in order to take legal action there has to be an actual legal entity to take that action against. It will cost you a fortune to track down who is actually behind the BVI offshore with the pseudonym “Cornelis Boot”.

Why spend your hard earned money??? Like many here say – let them take you to court (so far I haven’t heard of anyone actually being taken to court) They can extradite all of us to the British Virgin Islands for a holiday!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:01:36 +0000

Sorry to hear that the scammers are still at it – sadly that means that people like unfortunate Max are still sending them money. I was never able to get through to anyone via the phone numbers they give, only answering/fax machines.

What we did to combat the harassment was to report all of their e-mail addresses and associated URLs to our internet service provider, and to add them to the “blocked” list in our firewall settings -they may still be sending them but my in-box is no longer filling up with them!

We have never been contacted by phone, but what I would do would be to file a complaint with my telecom provider about the offending telephone numbers – if enough people do it they will take action. In the complaint be sure to clearly explain the nature and frequency of the harassment as well as any phone numbers you have identified with caller ID – if they are using an undisclosed number then make a log of the exact dates and times of the calls so they can be traced.

Good Hunting!

By: Tanja

Tanja — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:50:11 +0000

We have been targeted as well and we are not paying. I hope enough people see this before falling for their scam.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:48:44 +0000

As with all of the above comments we are receiving letter after letter from both EU Business Diretory and Waldberg & Hirsch (Global Collections Ltd), A huge scam…do not even think about handing over any monies. We are a small company based in Spain and have no intentions of handing over any money and we really hope that the peolpe of these two ‘Companies’ do take us to court – it should be a good day out !

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:56:38 +0000

Hello everybody,
unfortunatelly I have joined the club as well.
We’re still getting the letters from Waldberg & Hirsch (it’s been a year now) where Mr. Van Ruler demands a payment of 1929 Euro.
My question would be – is there anything I can do so we stop getting spammed by these letters (we’ve been ignoring it as most of you suggest but it’s quite frustrating…) Is there any way?
Thanks, Gabriela

By: Max

Max — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:11:32 +0000

I work for a charity and we have paid them by mistake. I was hoping to get the money back. Is there any way to bring those people to justice?

By: Sherine

Sherine — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:12:54 +0000

I have received calls from the credit department by the name of Ms Christine. She has been calling every week and fax every week to demand for payment. She mentioned that if we do not pay there will be a legal charge and it will be total of Euro $2000. What should i do? How can I ensure that she doesn’t anymore? I appreciate your help.

Thank you.

By: marleen gosselin

marleen gosselin — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:11:43 +0000

also victim since dec. last year… can the european court not stop these people.. it is very ennoying,.as mail and letters keep on streaming in.. as they dont seem to give up, this morning after 5 months trying,. they send me last and final warning. waldberg & Kirsh. for the amount of 1929 €, it must cost them a fortune to send these letters out !
i do what you and my lawyer says.. no reply no reaction.. ! still i waant this to stop.- as my business partner is taking this very seriously and thinks i will have to pay at the end.

By: Eghardt

Eghardt — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:10:40 +0000

Let them do whatever they can do.
I have printed many records from the internet and people being tricked by them.

Let them take us all to court, all of us together!

Let’s look at the facts
1. They are using SPAM mail to trap more innocent subscribers
2. Their website have been blacklisted – see Facebook group
3. Their advertising and subscription form is misleading
4. You are unable to speak to a proper department / company when you call them
5. They don’t reply on legal written queries

By: CHSIND

CHSIND — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:06:37 +0000

We are an Indian company & we are also victim of them, we have not paid any thing, but we are receiving continuously reminders by fax, post e-mail & phones. Can we take legal action against them? we have find so many week points of them & sent a letter quoted all the things. How can we stop them?

By: ibizamanagement

ibizamanagement — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:16:47 +0000

its grazy, i made an official complain by the police in UTRECHT because there is where this people operate from but they even did not call me back after many times!

I think MANY IBIZA companies get this letters! so somebody must have a connection with this SCAM PEOPLE

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:53:01 +0000

They are so annoying! calls and mail I have told them to their faces they are spamsters, liars, thieves etc

By: Witalij Rudnicki

Witalij Rudnicki — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:26:43 +0000

Warn all your friends, a waste of time and fax paper. Don`t pay!!!

By: Sharon McCormick

Sharon McCormick — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:28:49 +0000

Thank you EVERYONE for putting my mind at rest, I was beginning to get worried having now been sent a letter for 1400 euros!

By: Jaosn Paris

Jaosn Paris — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:03:37 +0000

We too have been scammed by this. We are a small North American non-profit in the broadcasting business and do have some European business matters. Upon receiving the EU Business Register form I filled it out and figured it “couldn’t hurt” as it clearly said at the top “updating is free of charge.” Moreover, we receive lots of these business directory listings and I’ve never seen the harm in filling them out to help get our name out there.

Like everyone else, we were invoiced about a week later. The emails and faxes continued almost daily for about a month. I made many efforts to contact a mythical “Ms. Alexandra” at the organization, but the email provided never worked. I faxed the organization many times and never heard back. Moreover, when I called their “call centre” number, I just got a facsimilie noise. I did all I could do to immediately let this organization know that we have no intention of paying their invoice and that we felt we were “tricked” into it. However, any attempt to contact them was never responded to (or didn’t work).

I too have now received a letter from Waldberg & Hirsch asking for Euro 1429 immediately or legal action begins in 15 days. I plan on ignorig it, especially in light of what I’ve now read above.

Curious, has anyone ever seen an actual copy of the EU Business Register or is it a mere front for this and doesn’t really even exist?

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:16:15 +0000

hey folks!
I know where is their location- in Timisoara, Romania- 1 DECEMBRIE 43 Steet-so if anyone wants to do something about it-now is the time.
& They are doing scams and nothing is legal -don’t worry about paying your money to them-in Romania-for a document to be legal a lawyer has to be present at the time when both parts sign or stamp the document-This company is registered on the name of Carmen Ispas and she is the CEO of this bullshit company-Andreea Bujorescu is one of the office managers and Ramona Ditac is one as well. The boss of this company lives in Netherlands and so does their lawyer.
check it on google and just write the new name of the company and u can see everything S.C. Media directories SRL- they change it all the time so that the cops won’t find them.

By: Rob L

Rob L — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:10:22 +0000

Our company is called Global Business Register Limited. We are legally registered in Ireland and our business involves the selling and distribution of official company information that is sourced from the national company registers around Europe. We are an official distributor for the EBR (European Business Register). EBR is an official EU organisation involved in the integration of business registers across Europe. (http://www.ebr.org)

We would wish to advise your readers that our company should not be confused with either World Company Register or World Business Directory or EU Business Directory. We have no association whatsoever with any of them and wish to clearly state that we do not condone in any way the activities of these organisations.

It is free to use our service to search for company information and should you wish to order an official document on a company there is a small fee associated with that. We do not offer to include any company in a directory and charge fee for it.

If anyone would like further information I would be very happy to help them with their query.

By: Victoria Voreadi

Victoria Voreadi — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:32:19 +0000

Hello and Happy New Year from Greece everyone! Our comapny has also been targeted by the Euro scammers but with a different alias “World Company Register” and “International Directories Group” with PO Boxes in Spain and the Netherlands. They claim to be registered in the British Virgin Islands and the founder of said offshore a Mr. Cornelis Boot (that really cracked me up). They are STILL sending their threatening e-mails and faxes (just received two more today), they even sent one invoice “reminder” by post just before Xmas (must be getting desperate). These organised extortionists prey mercilessly on small business owners and it seems that most of their victims are non-native speakers of English. I hope that seeing your postings here will finally convince our CFO that this whole thing is just a crock of BS – she actually wanted to pay them off to avoid late fees!!! for a product that doesn’t exist!!!

By: balta

balta — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:15:20 +0000

Architecte naval, j’ai été piégé par “world company register” : j’ai reçu un mail proposant de m’inscrire FREE en gros caractères. J’ai signé dans ce but à ma grande honte.
Je ne parle pas facilement anglais mais je comprend FREE.
un mois et demi plus tard jai reçu un avis de paiement de 950 euros avec les termes d’un contrat qui stipule que j’avais 7 jours pour me désister ! J’ai reçu avec ce courrier un CD totalement illisible qiu, je suppose devait vanter les mérites de cette compagnie…
Evidemment je n’ai rien payé.
Je suis un peu soulagé de voir que je ne suis pas le seul dans ce cas et que nous avons bien affaire à des escrocs. Merci

By: Igor

Igor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:57:22 +0000

Gentlemen, a question.
If the statement is not worth printing, whether it is considered in court? After all, the name, phone number and website can be found on the Internet.

By: Dita Wegman

Dita Wegman — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:23:26 +0000

I also be a victom of World Business Directory/ London England.
I am an Author and self publisher of my only book, disributed in London England, I slided into their database of World Business Dictionairy ‘free of charge,” an EU suggestion I thought , no mentioned any price or cost’s involved.
They even have the guts ,today I received a fax with renueal for 2010, ( NO requested form to do so was issued )
Since 2 years Waldberg & Hirsch wants to collect money, never received an invoice ectr, they should be ashamed of their conduct ,the name Waldberg & Hirsch says it all WHO they are, the scam artist’s in the world. I have ignored so far since 2 years their bombardment. I just prepared all my documents to show them, that I did not owe NOTHING to W>B>D, until I finally saw your display on the Internet, and that I am not alone.
I am joining you all now and relax and go on with my decent life I have conducted (also in business ) over 60 years on this beautiful earth, getting so unbaerable ” rotten” ( people )
Vasitha
p.S What a relieve, knowing , that the Universal Law ( the Will of our Creator )in the reciprocal action, (self acting Law )gives ” back ” the same to those, what they have done to their fellow man.

By: Uliana

Uliana — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:03:15 +0000

We aslo have been scammed by World Business guide. We run a very small furniture business in Russia. We filled their form because all information about cost was deliberately hiden.
We had some invoices and even phone calls from this Guide and
we said we are not in the mood to pay for such doubtful service.
We have a letter from Waldberg and Hirsch now, and they want us to pay 1929 EUR ! I would like to see how they can do it! So, I wish you to relax and enjoy being in the database of WORLD BUSINESS GUIDE free of charge !))

By: Charles Goodger

Charles Goodger — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:51:15 +0000

These crooks have been plaguing me for two years now after I unwittingly signed and faxed off their form in 2008 innocently thinking it was a free service provided by the EU (I always read the tiniest of print now!). Today I received a letter from Waldbirgh & Hirsch demanding €1724 within 15 days or they will start legal action. I will never pay this – the whole thing is a complete scam. I can’t understand why the authroties in Holland or Nevis or wherever they are don’t close them down.

By: Gunnar Anserius

Gunnar Anserius — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:52:56 +0000

Hello, Our story started in april 2010 when we received a invoice of 980 Euro. We have dispute the invoice with many e-mails and fax. Now we have received a fax from Waldberg & Hirsch. We will NOT pay a single cent to this crime company.

By: Christopher Bingham

Christopher Bingham — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:36:42 +0000

they are indeed crooks and when you tell them this they say this is libelous! An email address is alessia@internationaldirectoriesgroup.com she never gives her family name and she is in Timisoara,Western Romania (check IP addresses on her replies) but gives a Spanish phone and fax number but this is just a diverted number as world company register have a spanish and dutch (utrecht) PO Boxes as covers to try and trick people.. Don’t pay!

By: andy

andy — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:32:54 +0000

It seems not many people have not tried to contact the debt collectors (in our case the letter was from a “Waldberg & Hirsch). I have just rang them and i got through and left a message for the secretary to investigate. I will updtae this post as to the out come

By: Jim and Terri

Jim and Terri — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:01:07 +0000

We have also been informed by our solicitor that they have very little weight behind them, being a business outside of our country, they would have to take their claim to the NZ high Court before enabling to go further. We have been advised to write to them,once and only once, notifying that they have mis-lead us etc etc and that we will not be further involved with them. This has to be registered post. Unfortunately this costs around $30 ontop of our solcitors fee, so we still loose out.

By: Jim and Terri

Jim and Terri — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:26:33 +0000

We too have been scammed by these mongrels, we run a very small charter boat company in New Zealand. We recently filled in their form as it said update is free. We have since been inundated with demands for paymnet despiyte having told them from the very first day that we did not want to sign up for anyhting that costs money. We now have demands from Waldberg and Hirsch, I’m at my wits end as to what to doabout it. We do not have the kind of money they demand and also do not want to be with them. Also, w have looked on the world business directory and cannot find any mention of us anyway!!

Not sure what to do now, they will have to come and prise the money out of my cold dead hands. BASTARDS

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:48:47 +0000

Hello,

One small company in Bulgaria have the same problem. EU Business guide i nothing more than a joke. Don’t take it so hard.

By: ray

ray — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:34:37 +0000

ignore them enjoy with cd and thrown in the bin, when the letter
comes from there debt collector Waldberg & Hirsch Global Debt Collections Ltd used there letter as writing pad and making paper aeroplanes,when they email you asked them if they call you give your mobil no once they call you starts laught show them as they seem as a joker…………..relex guys just relex the are scammers……dont take these things serious…………………..

By: Randi Bru

Randi Bru — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:46:43 +0000

We have got several invoices EUR 990 and now + fee for me not paying the first one. I have also,back in december 2008 got an written cancellation note from the manager in the company EU Business Guide, mr Boot, that they would not send me any further invoices.But still- they keep on coming,now we are in april 2010.
Can you belive!!! I have tried to call them without any result-e-mail are coming in return.
My last invoice they told me that my dept will now be transfered to Waldberg&Hirsch.
I spend TOO much time on this,and it`s frustrated.
HELP.

By: Mark White

Mark White — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:21:45 +0000

Post Script: I am going to circulate this information to the Advertising Agencies Association of Trinidad and Tobago of which I am President, and our various Chambers and other business associations.

By: Mark White

Mark White — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:19:52 +0000

Thank you. I worked out that it was a scam and am very glad that you have this site available. What helped to save me was that the World Business Guide copied another potential victim in an email to me in error, they got our names mixed up. I was then able to contact this other potential victim who is a representative from an international accounting firm and he confirmed what I suspected: World Business Guide is a scam! They were in the process of trying to hoodwink one of his clients and they were simply ignoring the WBG threats. So I wrote WBG and told them that I was going to report them to our Fraud Squad (Trinidad & Tobago) and international agencies as well as refer them to our lawyers. Haven’t heard from them since. Got a letter from W&H today dated Feb 19, 2010 with all sorts of additional fees, etc. and a recipient account in Tortola – need I say more?

By: Jon Halse

Jon Halse — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:47:01 +0000

World Business Directory
In July 2009 this company was first contacted by email by the above company soliciting us to provide details of our company for an entry in the World Business Guide. We did not respond. Following a further email in November 2009 as “Updating is free of charge” I completed the attached form and faxed it to the address provided.
We subsequently received an invoice dated 30/11 09 for EUR 995 for the entry. Since that date we have received numerous emails and faxes demanding payment including late payment and legal fees, none of which has been paid.
I have emailed the World Business Directory on occasions explaining why I do not intend to pay their invoice but despite that the deluge of correspondence from them continues.
I contend that their approach was a request for an update of an entry into their guide which was free of charge. I would never have made an entry into such a publication if I had understood there was to be any charge, let alone EUR 995.
In the circumstances I would like to register the strongest possible complaint against World Business Directory and anything your organisation can do to stop this scam for other would be advertisers would be welcome.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:13:16 +0000

I run a small company in Macau and my experience is the same as the other companies’.
My question is: where are their offices? Do they have any?
And if I want to sue them how could I do it?
(By the way, has anybody ever tried to contact them personally or to sue them?)

By: Honest Raj Unni Krishnan

Honest Raj Unni Krishnan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:06:09 +0000

Dear sir,

The EU Business Service Ltd., sent to me unsolicited email with an attachment of ‘Updating is free’. As such, I have filled and sent the information. Now from ‘Waldberg & Hirsch Golobal collection’ sent legal notice to us. I am very sad on their actions. Do you have any information, is any Government of any nation has banned this company for their unethical and fradulant business

By: Colin Mellows

Colin Mellows — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:36:03 +0000

We’ve been having the same experience. In our case a staff member probably signed the form thinking it was a free service because it says in bold type “Updating is free of charge”. The bit that says we are committing to three years subscription at GBP960 per year is almost illegible. We are ignoring them because even if we end up with a poor credit rating in the UK, Netherlands, Nevis – West Indies and Roumania (all the places connected with World Business Directory) it will not affect us. We are a small not-for-profit organisation in Western Australia helping people with disabilities get into sustainable employment.

By: Aminul Islam

Aminul Islam — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:07:26 +0000

Thanks for your comments.

I got same thing from European Business Guide and saying I have to pay Euro990 because I signed their form for advertisement.I have advised here one company that I did not signed any form of European Business guide.Now they are issuing legal notice.They have sent me one letter with enclosed one signed form as claiming my sign while I have found it is falsed.I clarified to them that it was not of mine.They have sent me mail one after one and lastly I suggested your form having wrong as you have written financial issue at the bottom of the form in unreadable view which is not readable.If you feel it is my sign, then you may proceed to delete it and stop sending mail as we do not want enlisted in to your guide.