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Saturday, 16 May 2009
Finally, those annoying car warranty robocalls might cease
Every once in a while even Chuck Schumer can do something great. He got one of those annoying "This is the second notice that the warranty on your vehicle has expired" robocalls on his cell phone. I get anywhere from 2 to 5 a day, and I'm sure you do too.
But being a US Senator with a penchant for grandstanding has its perks. Among them is the ability to get the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Prodded by Senator Schumer they sprang into action and shut down the companies behind the scam.
In legal filings, the commission said the robocall campaigns had brought in $10 million in sales as a result of the calls and mailings, which falsely gave \ people the impression that their car warranties were expiring.
The companies systematically dialed random numbers across the country, violating the National Do Not Call Registry, the commission said. The companies also regularly faked their own caller ID numbers, so it was unclear where the calls were coming from.
The two companies named by the commission are Voice Touch and Transcontinental Warranty, both operating largely out of Florida.
Judge John F. Grady of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order against Voice Touch as well as a business partner, Network Foundations, prohibiting them from making further calls. He also issued a separate temporary restraining order against Transcontinental.
Also named in the restraining orders are Christopher D. Cowart, the owner of Transcontinental; James and Maureen Dunne, the owners of Voice Touch; and Damian Kohlfeld, an owner of Network Foundations.
Christopher D. Cowart, James and Maureen Dunne, and Damian Kohlfeld — may they Die In A Fire.
The problem with vermin like these is they never stay away for long. For example this Reddit thread discusses a similar scam run by an outfit called Auto One based in Irvine, CA. Ticked off consumers took matters into their own hands and started bombarding the owner of Auto One (a sleazebag named David Tabb who has numerous fraud convictions under his belt) with calls to his offices, employees, and homes. But so far he's still robocalling everyone in sight.
Eventually he'll get around to calling Chuck Schumer and then perhaps he too
will finally be squashed like the bug he is.
Posted at 12:32 by Chris Wysocki
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