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

[Law Office]

They would have said that they sleep at the uspto in washington. Where they
called from. :-)

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.)
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:18 PM Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> Or at least where they sleep at night....
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024, Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jessica R. Friedman
> >
> > Attorney at Law
> >
> > 300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406
> >
> > New York, NY 10022
> >
> > Phone: 212-220-0900
> >
> > Cell: 917-647-1884
> >
> > E-mail: jrfriedman at litproplaw.com
> >
> > URL: www.literarypropertylaw.com
> >
> >
> >
> > 1479430908386_PastedImage
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Oliver
> >
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