Never advertise with these people. 100% scam.

They call and claim to be from "Canadian Credit Management" which is a phony company. They are actually employed by Cedar Publishing who use deceptive practices to trick people into accepting an ad in their scam magazine. Ours was for their Missing Kids magazine which has absolutely nothing to do with Child Find Canada or any other organization and is basically just a magazine full of ads with a few pictures of missing kids. One of them is in the magazine 4 or 5 times. The money is purely ad revenue for Cedar Publishing. They tricked our receptionist into okaying the ad by telling her that they needed to verify our business information for our ad. Now they are trying to scare us into paying for this 2012 ad by claiming they are calling from a collection agency! If you get any calls from Missing Kids, Cedar Publishing, Cdn Credit Mgmt etc HANG UP IMMEDIATELY!!!

I also have been getting nasty phone calls from them and have done my research on their ads. There is no magazine and it is a scam. Calgary police have warned about these guys. If everyone effected could report their problems to the police something could be done to shut them down. I told the rude man on the phone if he could tell me where I could buy a copy or find one I would pay him. He responded that I should have thought about that before I agreed to run a ad. I'm not paying them and have blocked their number on my iPhone and will pursue police action!! Hope more will follow.

This guy has been calling repeatedly every day from a blocked number. He always asks for my colleague by his first name, pretending that it is a personal call. Naturally, it isn't. He finally admitted that it was something to do with Seniors. He asked for my colleague's cell number!!!!!!! I told him that I didn't know, and hung up. Today, he called from an unblocked number that said "Main Head Office" and this number. When I told him that he was disrupting my business he said "well you shouldn't have answered the phone, then!" and wished me (sarcastically) a nice day and hung up. It's no surprise to find he is from Cedar Publishing. They appear to be crooks, and judging from how quickly this sales rep became hostile, they appear to be hiring only the "best" people for this work. Probably ex-cons or street people who can't find work anywhere else. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY as their publications are not worth the paper they are printed on and you will NOT get any business from the very expensive advertisement that they want you to place. BEWARE of Cedar Publishing.

Cedar publishing will try to scare you into making payment by threatening to take you to collections. If a "collections agent" calls on their behalf, ignore it!! All it is is a person who works for cedar pretending to be from a third party collections agency. If they call, ignore and don't pay. Simple as that.

They have been calling me for months for the samething. I got a copy of the advertisement and it looks nothing like my company logo. So it was not approved but I still got billed. Anyhow now they have transferred it to some credit risk management company (smoke screen) it is the same company of some sort. Number that shows up on display is +1 877 159 1739 this is a fake i wish I knew how he does but the number she leaves (Leah is her name) is +1 888-454-3349. Total scam. They will have go beyond the ends of the earth to get money from my company

Class A scam artists!! They trick people into running an ad with them, without any proper due diligence to get a contract or written consnet. They lie that they have a 'proof', which they never produce, and which is inadmissable in a court of law and you're not supposed to record someone without their permission. I had just refused to pay an invoice for an ad they ran without my authorization, and waiting for the harrassing phone calls to start. But I'm on to them and a step ahead. I plan to file a detailed complaint report to every place possible. I don't understand how in a country that has laws, people like them and like this con artist, Moe, could be licensed to operate a business!! Why isn't he behind bars already???

Doug, you got ripped off. Think carefully, except for the copy they mailed you, have you ever seen the magazine *anywhere* else? They claim to only direct-mail them - but how would anyone know to request a copy if there is no general circulation? I'm sorry to inform you that you have been had. I'm sure Moe thanks you for your generous donation to his three million dollar house being built in castle downs...

I like your style. Lisa always blockes her number when she calls me. Do you have her direct line?

Same unscrupulous tactics being used against the company I work for in Calgary. Cedar publishing claiming we ok'd a ad, we did not, -  harrassing phone calls for over 2 yrs now.
They were told to sue us, but as they have nothing to back up their claim, they choose to continue phoning. Even having the nerve to call us on our tollfree #.
Could we not charge them with harrassement among a host of other bad things?
Employees must be all relatives of Moe, as who else would take a scam telemarketing job whose sole purpose is to lie, mislead, threaten and steal?
PLEASE NOTE - A NEW SCAM OF CEDAR PUBLISHING, they leave a recorded voice mail, (afterhours of course), claiming to be researching a local internet search - asking to confirm your company info. HANG UP. If you listen to the recorded voice mail, the request doesn't even make sense. HANG UP, HANG UP, HANG UP.

Doug,

You are an idoit! If you did any research into what this magazine we are talking about your mouth would close. Theis company is full of S(&%!! Take a look online as to how many claims against them they have. Take a look as to the reviews this companyy has against them. If you ran a legit business you would not have more than 50 complaints in 1 year on the Better Business Buerau of Edmonton.
Take a look Doug.

Same story gave them money for a couple of years, recieved a notification from actual Child Find stateing there organization does not solicit money and are not affiliated with this publishing company. Had my secretary look into it and red flags started poping up every where reported them to BBB  CFIB YOU NAME IT.Received call today Lea ext #226 (  Actual Answering Service For 16 Companies ) answering service at 10 in the morning Really ?  I gave to help find missing kids not pad somebodies  pocket .

Doug....... Did you know that the Child Find organization is taking Cedar Publishing to court ! Did you know that Crimestoppers has a warning out regarding fraudulant activities by Cedar Publishing?

I would think that you are affiliated with this Moe idiot. But....On the chance that you are not, I can tell you this... Cedar publishing puts out a child find magazine that has nothing to do with child find canada.
You may infact support the efforts of Child Find Canada.... But the money you send to cedar publishing goes directly to Moe! the owner of cedar publishing. Do your due diligence and research Cedar publishing.

      We are starting a legal motion against Cedar publishing here in Ottawa as well ... and we are getting more and more people from all over Canada coming on board weekly.

my name is Richard Carifelle,i too got a call from this Cedar Publishing,i never gave them permission to run any ads,what so ever,they asked me some questions ,but never did i state i would accept there advertising,the sent me a bill for 421.00 i have not paid it,they are threating me with civil action,i want my day in court,they even sound as if they are threatening bodly harm to me if i do not pay.
What country do we live in now?,this is still Canada,you still need permission to do business from both sides nobody sells you anything unless it is agreed on both parties,i never had such agreement with this  publishing scam,its obvious its a marketing scam and some sort of money extortion.

The evidence is all over the net,over 70 complaints to the BBB,we need some law