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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">There is a guy who created
a website to keep the phone scammers on the line for a while. I
forgot the name, but you just conference the line in and the bot
takes over.<br>
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</style><span class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2024 4:21 PM, Law Office via
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<div dir="ltr">They would have said that they sleep at the uspto
in washington. Where they called from. :-)
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<div>Sometimes I wish I could program a bot that keeps them on
the phone for hours. Or put a "free puppies" ad on
craigslist with their real phone number if I could find it.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <<a
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Or
at least where they sleep at night....<br>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2024, Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks
wrote:<br>
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> <br>
> At the end, did you ask them how they sleep at night,
knowing that they are<br>
> spending their days scamming people? That?s what I do
when I get calls from<br>
> ?Google Quality Control.? They hang up pretty quickly.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Jessica R. Friedman<br>
> <br>
> Attorney at Law<br>
> <br>
> 300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406<br>
> <br>
> New York, NY 10022<br>
> <br>
> Phone: 212-220-0900<br>
> <br>
> Cell: 917-647-1884<br>
> <br>
> E-mail: <a href="mailto:jrfriedman@litproplaw.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jrfriedman@litproplaw.com</a><br>
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> URL: <a href="http://www.literarypropertylaw.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.literarypropertylaw.com</a><br>
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> From: E-trademarks <<a
href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
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on behalf of<br>
> Law Office via E-trademarks <<a
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> Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM<br>
> To: Carl Oppedahl <<a
href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"
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> Cc: Law Office <<a href="mailto:mail@platz-ip.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mail@platz-ip.com</a>><br>
> Subject: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark
assistance unit<br>
> <br>
> Dear all, <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I just got a call from the Spoof Spammer, claiming to be
from the "trademark<br>
> verification unit," and decided to engage a bit. This
group claimed that we<br>
> had to pay the Section 8 & 15 fee so that our
trademark is valid for 14<br>
> years. AND they take Visa and Mastercard and would have
given us a discount<br>
> on that fee, only charging $95 now. They kindly walked me
through the USPTO<br>
> website to point me to the fees and recited all kinds of
information from<br>
> the application. None made much sense to me, but it was
cumbersome enough<br>
> that it could work with inexperienced or pro se
applicants. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Asking them questions about the process and what the fee
was for, and making<br>
> them scramble was, admittedly, fun, and I figured I'd
share it with the<br>
> group for those of you who want to share some more
details with their<br>
> clients. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Kind regards, <br>
> <br>
> Oliver <br>
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