‘Ottawa’ Ottawa Businesses Targeted by Direct Pages 411 Mail Scam
If you’re a small business owner in Ottawa, be careful going through your mail.
Just in time for the holidays, some city businesses have been receiving scam letters from a company called Direct Pages 411, claiming that the businesses owe money.
Recipients are asked to send a payment to a Montreal postal code.
Mike Wood, owner of Ottawa Special Events, said he received a letter on Wednesday from Direct Pages 411, warning him about an overdue invoice payment on a company profile.
The letter demanded payment of more than $830 to a PO box in Montreal.
Wood said he was immediately suspicious, firstly because the letter had no phone number to contact the company.
He said a similar letter was also sent to his other business, Party Rentals Ottawa, and he later found out party rental company Fiesta Ottawa, owned by a friend, received the same letter that day.
“I know exactly what this is. It’s a scam,” he recalled thinking.