'This Is Your Second and Final Notice' Robocallers Revealed 235
nbauman writes "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."
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:4, Funny)
1760 Sundance Drive
St. Cloud, Florida 32771
http://goo.gl/maps/9P4BX [goo.gl]
Looks like an easy target for a Predator drone ...
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:5, Funny)
You know what we do to spammers.
In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penisses, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:5, Funny)
Poisoning alligators isn't very nice....
Re:Greetings friend (Score:5, Funny)
Hello, this is Homer Simpson, a.k.a. Happy Dude. The court has ordered
me to call every person in town to apologize for my telemarketing scam.
I'm sorry. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, send one
dollar to Sorry Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. You have the
power.
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:5, Funny)
with a telephone which rings randomly, but at least once an hour, for their entire multi-year term. Anytime they fail to answer the phone, their prison term is extended by a month.
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:5, Funny)
tl;dr - "To the pain."
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Re:Too much money .... and too little risk. (Score:5, Funny)
It seems as though Wikipedia has acquired sentience.
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:4, Funny)
The real problem is the possibility that they would end up nourishing the invasive pythons that plague the Everglades, further disrupting that delicate ecosystem.
Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:5, Funny)
Your perfect world contains spammers and jails? You should try to get a refund.
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Re:Break Their Legs and Put Them in the Everglades (Score:2, Funny)
People like them occasionally make me ponder that age old question, "is it possible to send a fart in the mail?".
What would it take to properly preserve a fart so that when they open the envelope or package, they can 'enjoy' the full aroma and know without doubt that they have just received a fart. Bonus points if there is a way to allow them to experience the puff of warmth as well.