<div dir="ltr">They would have said that they sleep at the uspto in washington. Where they called from. :-)<div><br><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. (That's admittedly not my idea but I love it.)<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-----<br>Platz Law P.C.<br>office: +1 951 667 5289<br>web: <a href="http://www.platzandco.com" target="_blank">www.platzandco.com</a><br>-----</div><div>PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL<br>-----</div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:18\u202fPM Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 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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> 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>
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> From: E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> on behalf of<br>
> Law Office via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
> Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM<br>
> To: Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
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> Subject: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit<br>
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> 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>
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> 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>
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> Oliver <br>
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