They called twice and I didn't pick up. Third time they left a message and said it was Hyundai inviting me to a spring event. Ya right... grrrr.

i was told   i was told...

I did! it showed i called twice within 2 miutes. I was charged $4.51 per minute twice.

the bill from Bell showed i called Directory Assistance LEVENDO twice in two minutes, each$4.51. Who also got calls from this LEVENDO?

An organization that I do the books for was just charged $4.51 3 times within 3 minutes on May 2nd for calls to (905) 555-1212 listed under Fastrack Global on their Bell phone bill...I am on the phone with Bell and they are working on removing these charges.  I am surprised that Bell is not looking into this more!

This is a very complicated and elaborate scam that I'm incapable (so far) of solving.

Just spent half an hour on the phone with Bell Canada.  Told them I was billed $4.51 from a "customer dialed" (me) call to Directory Assistance LEVENDO (ON (905) 555-1212) on Nov. 25, 2010 and that I had made no such call.  This was AFTER I had seen this site and confirmed to myself that this was indeed some kind of scam.

At first, the girl from Bell insisted the call was made from my phone and suggested that a "visitor" to my home did it.  I tried to tell her about this site and that I was not the only one complaining about this number.  She then looked up the number on 411.Ca and said it was a legitimate company.  I asked to speak to her supervisor and she put me on hold for 20 minutes.

She came back, told me that they would refund me the $4.51 on my next bill, but that if it happens again, I will be charged.  I was also told that this call didn't go through Bell, but through another provider called Fast Track Global and their number 1-+1 866-340-4990.  She said that Bell reimburses Fast Track for all charges going through them.

I checked out Fast Track Global and came up with this:

http://www.callcenterdirectory.net/call-cente ... lobal-2220.html

I also Googled 1-+1 866-340-4990 and got a call center called Express Connect.

Tried phoning the above number, but it was after 5 p.m. and got voice mail, told to leave my name and number.  I did not, but plan to phone them back on Monday.

I have no idea how this scam works and just hope it doesn't happen again.  If anyone can figure this out, please post it here.

I just sent this to the CRTC's complaint service on the net at...
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/rapidsccm/Register.asp?lang=E

my message said....
Maybe you are already aware of complaints regarding a company called Levendo. We received a $4.51 charge on our Bell home phone bill for directory service that we never placed? The number shows up as (905) 555-1212/">(905) 555-1212.
Bell credited the charge and also said that we may be billed directly by Fastrack Global Billing for the charge. I'm assuming they handle the billing for this Levendo company:
http://www.fastracknetworks.com/

After researching Levendo on the net, this appears to be a widespread scam as you can see by discussion groups such as these, all usually with 555-1212 but with various area codes:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-(519) 555-1212
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/(905) 555-1212

Could you please investigate this matter further as I suspect there are many people who never even noticed the charges and paid it unknowingly.

Appreciate the assistance,
ScottCaller: Levendo
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