Zero Plus Dialing ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Internet

I called home from a motel in Tucson, AZ. I was using my own phone card, and had dialed my 800 number plus my personal number and an unidentified voice came on the line. He said he would put me through. The call was incomplete. An hour or so later I called again and talked for about five minutes.

When I received my phone bill there was a page from Zero Plus Dialing, Inc. for a charge for $41.47! there was a Univ Serv FD charge, $16.80 for the incomplete call and $20.10 for a six minute call, plus tax.

I called them and the gentleman I talked to said they were just a collection agency for Legacy LD Intl Inc, but that he could take $13.00 off of the bill.

I called my phone company and they gave me a choice of not paying the bill and dealing with them directly, which I said I would do. I have filed a complaint with the California PUC and Better Business Bureau. I think this is a real consumer rip-off!

There was no identification of any kind given to me.

Lois
Redding, California
U.S.A.