<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">From Consumer Reports:<br><h3 class="date-header">December 21, 2010</h3>
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Court shuts down alleged credit card fraud operation
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<p>If you've been annoyed by telemarketing robocalls promising to lower
your credit card interest rates, it may be safe to answer your phone
again.</p>
<p>At the <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/robocall.shtm" target="_self">request of Federal Trade Commission</a>,
the U.S. District Court for Middle District of Florida Orlando Division
has approved a settlement that permanently bars two groups of
Florida-based telemarketers from making the calls.</p>
<p>The FTC alleged that JPM Accelerated Services and related defendants
made thousands of illegal robocalls promising the rate reductions.
Anyone who pressed "1" during the call, the agency said, was transferred
to live telemarketers who guaranteed to obtain the lower rates in
exchange for fees ranging from $495 to $995. But the company never
delivered on its promise, and it failed to honor its money-back
guarantee, the FTC said. The company also was accused of violating the
federal Do Not Call registry, making illegal robocalls, and blocking or
"spoofing" caller ID.</p>
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<p>As part of the settlement, the court ordered combined judgments of
$9.1 million against the defendants associated with JPM and six others,
who are associated with an affiliated company, IXE Accelerated Financial
Centers, LLC. But the amounts, which reflect the estimated losses to
consumers, were suspended, based on the defendants' inability to pay.<em>—Anthony Giorgianni</em></p>
</div><br>Rumor has it they were back in business under other names within a month. Maybe the FTC needs criminal, not civil penalties to make "Do not Call" effective?<br><div> </div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Saundra Lund <v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm>; Ron Force <rforce2003@yahoo.com>; Art Deco <deco@moscow.com>; Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, February 24, 2011 11:54:24 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br></font><br>
I agree. I have called the Do Not Call Line several times with no luck. I have had calls fron Rachel also. I hang up on recordings. I usually do not answer the phone during the day. If it is some one I need to talk to they will leave a message. If I do accidentally take a call, I tell them I do not do anything over the phone, send it to me in the mail. The biggest end of my mail is unsolicited requests for a donation. I throw most of them in the trash. It is a charity that I might be interested in, I check it out on Charity Navigator. It will have to have 3 or 4 stars before I donate.<br>Roger<br>-----Original message-----<br>From: "Saundra Lund" <a ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a><br>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:04:36 -0800<br>To: "'Ron Force'" <a ymailto="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>, "'Art Deco'" <a
ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com" href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>, "'Vision 2020'" <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br><br>> Like Wayne, we've been on the Do Not Call Registry since its inception (we<br>> registered 6/28/2003), yet pre-recorded robo-calls from "Rachel with Card<br>> Services" has been calling us once or twice a month for 2-3 years in spite<br>> of the fact that we don't have "at least $5000" in credit card debt that's<br>> the amount they're interested in, apparently - yes, I, too, have played the<br>> fishing game with them.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> And, I - along with probably thousands, if not tens of thousands of people<br>> sick of being harassed - have faithfully filed detailed complaints each &<br>> every time we've gotten the robo-calls from "Card
Services." Not only have<br>> I faithfully filed the complaint forms with the Do Not Call Registry, I also<br>> regularly fill out this FCC complaint form each & every time:<br>> <br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e37">http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e37</a></span><br><span>> <<a target="_blank" href="http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e37&id=d1e60">http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e37&id=d1e60</a>> &id=d1e60</span><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Fat lot of good it's ever done.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> To me, this is just another example of how far behind technology advances<br>> privacy & consumer protection laws have been allowed to fall because those<br>> with the power to STOP this kind of crap don't care about we-the-people . .<br>> they are in the pockets of those whose financial
interest it's in to keep<br>> those loopholes open & enforcement of even anemic provisions non-existent.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> With junk postal mail, at least the direct marketers are footing the bill<br>> for annoying me & they don't interrupt meals, sleep, visitors, gardening,<br>> and all kinds of other activities of life, and they sure don't verbally<br>> abuse me the way the "representatives" of "Card Services" do when I ask in<br>> vain for the thousandth time to be removed from their damn call list. With<br>> these slimy telemarketers, they are taking advantage of a service I pay for<br>> my personal convenience as a way to harass me with impunity day & night.<br>> Only in a country where greed and corporate interests are more important<br>> than the rights of individual consumers would such lunacy be allowed and<br>> even advocated by those we elect. It's disgusting, pure
& simple.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Saundra Lund<br>> <br>> Moscow, ID<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<br>> nothing.<br>> <br>> ~ Edmund Burke<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2011 through life plus<br>> 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<br>> the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the<br>> author.*****<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>> On Behalf Of Ron Force<br>> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:23 PM<br>> To: Art Deco; Vision 2020<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> File a complaint:<br>> <br>> <a href="https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2" target="_blank">https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2</a><br>> <br>> Ron Force<br>> Moscow Idaho USA<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _____ <br>> <br>> From: Art Deco <<a ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com" href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>><br>> To: Vision 2020 <<a ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 3:36:13 PM<br>> Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br>> <br>> We have been signed up for years. Rachael and her friends call us several<br>> times weekly.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> w.<br>> <br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> <br>> From: Ron Force <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> <br>> <br>> To: Carl Westberg <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com" href="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com">idahovandal1@live.com</a>> ; <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> <br>> <br>> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:11 PM<br>> <br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Sign up here:<br>> <br>> <a href="https://www.donotcall.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.donotcall.gov/</a><br>>
<br>> Forbids all commercial calls except from those you've done business before.<br>> Charities and politicians are exempt (unfortunately).<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Ron Force<br>> Moscow Idaho USA <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _____ <br>> <br>> <br>> From: Carl Westberg <<a ymailto="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com" href="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com">idahovandal1@live.com</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 2:09:41 PM<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] "Credit Card Services"<br>> <br>> Has anyone else had the repeated pleasure of phone calls from "Credit Card<br>> Services"? I've had several, usually from "Rachel", who proceeds to tell me<br>> or my answering machine that "while there's nothing wrong with your account<br>>
right now, it's "urgent" that you contact us right away for better interest<br>> rates".......which is the point where I always rudely hang up on poor<br>> "Rachel". I probably got my first call at least a year ago, and have<br>> received about a dozen since. It's an obvious scam designed to bilk more<br>> gullible folk into giving out there bank and account number. How do these<br>> people get away with this stuff? This is a rhetorical question.....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _____ <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a>
</span><br>> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br></div></div>
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