Anyone else getting this call?

[gladmom]

<p>The calls that come to our house are always done by computer with a recorded statement. When they reach my answering machine, the call ends. I would have to answer the phone and press buttons to get to a human to harass, and that just doesn’t seem to be worth my time. </p>

<p>If they start coming on my cell phone, though, I will take action.</p>

[Mom4X]

<p>I got a ton of these, so one day I called back the number, acted like I was in a panic - OMG, you called me about one of my cars - which one is it??? No, really, which one of my cars has the warrenty about to expire? I have several cars, can you tell me which one it is, no, I do not need to give you the make and model, you called me, remember, so which one is it? - he hung up, but it was pretty funny, and I do not think I have gotten the calls since! I also tell telemarketers that the person they are looking for has just passes away, if I accidentally pick up a telemarketers call. Careful, though, this can back fire if you say it to the wrong person (not a telemarketer!)</p>

[jym626]

<p>UPDATE: Justice is served!! Several of the major scammers were arrested! [Behind</a> a Massive Robocall Scam, Four Human Faces - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com](<a href=“http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526357,00.html]Behind”>FCC to enforce robocall crackdown by June 2021 | Fox News)

Court documents filed last month in a Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit against the three companies allege that their illegal calls have resulted in at least $10 million of ill-gotten gains since 2007. The FTC alleges that the firms’ deceptive practices violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by misrepresenting or omitting material facts in their sales pitches, and that they violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule by “flatly ignoring” rules that prerecorded calls disclose the identity of the seller “promptly, and in a clear and conspicuous manner,” according to court documents.</p>

<p>Those documents contained few details about Cowart, the Dunnes and Kohlfeld. But a FOXNews.com investigation of the four reveals misleading online resumes, lengthy criminal histories, claims of innocence all around — and a great deal of finger-pointing.</p>

<p>Meet the main players behind the alleged scheme:</p>

<p>— Christopher D. Cowart, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., owns Transcontinental Warranty, a Delaware company based in Fort Lauderdale. A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, Cowart likes to read, travel and play golf in his spare time. He also maintains a Facebook page and uses a LinkedIn profile to advertise his latest business ventures.</p>

<p>— James A. Dunne, 36, of Daytona Beach, Fla., owns Florida-based Voice Touch with his wife, Maureen. Dunne has a checkered legal past, including charges of filing a false report of a bomb that landed him six months in jail in 1991. He was most recently arrested in 2001 for indecent exposure, but those charges were later dismissed.</p>

<p>— Maureen E. Dunne, nee Maureen Geisen, is James Dunne’s wife. Little information can be found pertaining to her.</p>

<p>— Damian P. Kohlfeld, 35, of Valparaiso, Ind., is the owner of Network Foundations, which is based in Chicago. Kohlfeld allegedly supplied the technical know-how for the alleged telemarketing scheme employed by all three companies. The Arizona State University graduate has more than a decade of experience writing software and building computer networks. His latest hit, according to the FTC, was a “spoofing” device that tricked caller ID systems.</p>

<p>As a direct marketer of extended auto warranties, Cowart acknowledged in an interview with FOXNews.com that he used the Dunnes’ telemarketing firm, Voice Touch, to “transfer leads.” He says he was contacted by James Dunne last spring to enter into a business relationship.</p>

<p>But Cowart says he was “undeniably misled” by Dunne, because Dunne told him that the caller information provided to Transcontinental was for consumers who registered to be solicited.</p>

<p>“We were told that it was co-registration data,” Cowart told FOXNews.com. “We gave him a test and he delivered. We had no reason not to believe what was said.”

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[KansasGirl]

<p>These are scams …and there is a new one. They call and tell you that you took a loan out - from somewhere like payday loans - and they will sue you if you don’t send them money immediately. They will brow beat you - yell -threaten - make sure to tell Senior Citizens in your life not to fall for these calls. They are most at risk.</p>