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The Telecom Digest for February 26, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 50 : "text" Format
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:31:33 -0600
From: Jim Haynes <jhaynes@cavern.uark.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Robocallers in Slashdot News
Message-ID: <slrnkil565.1ne.jhaynes@Frances.localdomain>
"A New York Times consumer columnist tracked down the people who run a 'This
is your second and final notice" robocall operation. The calls came from
Account Management Assistance, which promises to negotiate lower credit
card rates with banks. One woman paid them $1,000, and all they did was
give her a limited-time zero-percent credit card that she could have gotten
herself. AMA has a post office box in Orlando, Florida. The Better Business
Bureau has a page for Your Financial Ladder, which does business as Account
Management Assistance, and as Economic Progress. According to a Florida
incorporation filing, Economic Progress is operated by Brenda Helfenstine,
with her husband Tony. The Arkansas attorney general has sued Your Financial
Ladder for violating the Telemarketing Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention
Act. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services investigated
Your Financial Ladder, but the investigator went to 1760 Sundance Drive, St.
Cloud, which turned out to be a residence, and gave up. The Times notes that
you can type their phone number (855-462-3833) into
http://800notes.com/
and
get lots of reports on them."
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jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:36:48 -0800 (PST)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Robocallers in Slashdot News
Message-ID: <f87b9e0d-254f-4837-9adc-c0788d3a1442@5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 24, 5:31 pm, Jim Haynes <jhay...@cavern.uark.edu> wrote:
> "A New York Times consumer columnist ...
Here is the NYT article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/your-money/telemarketers-tactics-and-regulators-response-elicit-complaints.html?_r=4&
;
Nothing was said about the US Govt going after them for violating the
do-not-call lists by making the calls in the first place and refusing
to identify themselves. Given the very high volume of calls that they
make and their alleged fraud, I would think the appropriate federal
agency would take some action.
<sigh>
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