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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear list:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A client just got caught in the earliest trademark scam I have seen so far.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The client wrote and said (somewhat edited to preserve confidentiality), and it involved spoofed numbers and real scamsters. The application was filed less than 48 hours ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">She wrote: “I received a call from the Patent Trademark Office today. They were verifying my application and needed another $425.00 payment. She gave me a Reference number ######### (incorrect/irrelevant
number) for the trademark and for e-commerce: 9####### (correct serial number). …”…she had me go to the [USPTO] website to verify the number she was calling from (presumably spoofed). The alleged employee then stated, that we had “a flawless application and
that is not usually the case.” </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🙄🙄🙄🙄</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I said that was the dead giveaway. Nobody will give you any feedback on an application less than 24 hours
after filing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Just be warned! There is a passel of other scam email crap going all over the place right now too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Laura</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#174E86;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Laura Talley Geyer</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> |
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Of Counsel</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#174E86;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">ND Galli Law LLC</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">1200 G Street, N.W., Ste 800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Washington, DC 20005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Tel: (202) 599-9019 (direct)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://ndgallilaw.com/laura-geyer/">https://ndgallilaw.com/laura-geyer/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://ndgallilaw.com/">https://ndgallilaw.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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