[E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit

[Terry Carroll]

Or at least where they sleep at night....


On Thu, 7 Mar 2024, Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks wrote:

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> At the end, did you ask them how they sleep at night, knowing that they are
> spending their days scamming people? That?s what I do when I get calls from
> ?Google Quality Control.? They hang up pretty quickly.
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> Jessica R. Friedman
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> From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of
> Law Office via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
> To: Carl Oppedahl <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> Cc: Law Office <mail at platz-ip.com>
> Subject: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit
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> Dear all, 
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> I just got a call from the Spoof Spammer, claiming to be from the "trademark
> verification unit," and decided to engage a bit. This group claimed that we
> had to pay the Section 8 & 15 fee so that our trademark is valid for 14
> years. AND they take Visa and Mastercard and would have given us a discount
> on that fee, only charging $95 now. They kindly walked me through the USPTO
> website to point me to the fees and recited all kinds of information from
> the application. None made much sense to me, but it was cumbersome enough
> that it could work with inexperienced or pro se applicants. 
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> Asking them questions about the process and what the fee was for, and making
> them scramble was, admittedly, fun, and I figured I'd share it with the
> group for those of you who want to share some more details with their
> clients. 
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> Kind regards, 
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> Oliver 
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Terry Carroll
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