i had a similar call from a company offering the same advertising, it was £400 for a 1/4 page ad.
i checked them out with portsmouth city council, this is who they said they were compiling the booklet for. and they confirmed that they were legit.
but i too have had calls from people saying that they're producing a mag for public service personnel, three infact, all different companies, all claiming to do the same thing, now that is dodgy!
the first call i had seemed ok, so i went along with it, i've never signed anything.
they sent me a proof of the ad they were going to publish, so i then e mailed them some logo's, they then after around two months! sent me another proof, i still haven't signed anything.
by this time i'd had phone calls from these other fraudsters, and had read one or two things related to this. so with that in mind, i shredded the revised proof and forgot all about them.
friday when i got in there was a large envelope in my post, inside was a copy of this magazine with an invoice for £141.00 inc vat.
the magazine is called "On The Bell".
anyone else had any calls or mags in the post from these jokers??
going to phone them tomorrow to find out what there game is?
in past experience, if you don't sign off on a proof, a printer will not print anything, well i know this to be true with business cards and other stationary.