"Your Car's Warranty is About to Expire"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Fox News; you'll get over it.

Behind a Massive Robocall Scam, Four Human Faces

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.
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FTC spokesman Peter Kaplan said it's "uncertain" what fines await the defendants if found guilty, but since a federal court issued a restraining order in the case that froze the companies' assets last month, followed by a preliminary injunction last week, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said he's sure consumers are noticing.

"I have never seen an issue that resonated so much," Leibowitz told FOXNews.com. "When I was at my daughter's soccer game, people came up to me and said, 'Thank you so much for stopping these guys.' It resonates because this is all about protecting Americans' privacy."

[47of74]

1. No, not really

[Raineyb]

2. I think I got many of these calls.

They kept calling, they called my cell the number on the caller ID never identified a company; it just said "Arizona" or something like that. When I managed to get a human on the phone they couldn't tell me who the hell they were affiliated with. When I persisted they got nasty. I hung up on them. It's been awhile since I've gotten one of these calls. I have no idea who the hell they were but I let them know you don't tell me who the hell you are you get no credit card information from me. And they got nothing. Me? I got aggravation.

[asjr]

3. I was inundated with calls like that along

with calls telling me "today was the last day" I could get my credit card interest rates lowered. I was warned that for about 20 days, sometimes 3 calls a day. It was a robotic call so they could not hear the names I was calling them. I noticed in the last few days they have not called. I hope they have run out of tape.

[jmowreader]

4. I decided to play with these people once. It's fun!

"Hello, your car's warranty is about to expire."

'Gee...yeah, that would be bad. Maybe I better get a quote.'

"Hey! That's great! What year is your car?"

'2009.'

"Its make and model?"

'Autocar E3.'

"Number of doors?"

'Two.'

"Body style?"

'Garbage truck.'

"Uhh..."

'Ma'am, I've got two vehicles. One is thirty years old. The other's a garbage truck.'

"Sir, we only cover passenger vehicles less than fifteen years old with less than 250,000 miles."

'Sadly, you have nothing to sell me. Good day.'

(Incidentally...the Autocar E3 is pretty hip; it's the first diesel-electric hybrid garbage truck in the industry. Of course, I've never actually driven a garbage truck...)