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Phone Spam update

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2 Apr 2002

In February I wrote about an illegal telemarketing call I received. I reported the call to the FTC, bt I really didn’t expect a response.

Today I got a message from the FTC that the incident is been recorded in their complaint database and that it may be under investigation.

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Steven Garrity
April 3, 2002 7:48 PM

It's impresive that the FTC got back to you. Good to hear. I've never received any phone calls like that, but we get our share of faxes. When a return number is available (rare), I like to fight fire with fire: http://actsofvolition.com/index.cfm?article=87#87

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