<div dir="ltr">I used to be more abusive with the scammers, until I read an article in the NY Times (12/17/23) about how criminal gangs basically trick and kidnap people, forcing them into all sorts of scams using email, phone and text messages. It doesn't mean I'm nice to them, but the actual individual is probably not the real bad guy.<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:michael@mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">michael@mjbrownlaw.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:21 PM Law Office 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"><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"><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 PM Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">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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> 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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> 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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> Dear all, <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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> Kind regards, <br>
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> Oliver <br>
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