Ouch! another Utah based Scam (23 views) Subscribe   
  From:  David (DavidABrown)    Mar-19 12:49 pm  
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Source: www.cs.com

'American Idol' Viewer Scam Uncovered 
When Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken were in a heated battle for the "American Idol" crown, some fans thought the contest was rigged when Studdard won by a scant 134,000 votes. It wasn't rigged, but there may have been voting interference--from unscrupulous telemarketers. 

According to Washington Post television reporter Lisa de Moraes, the Federal Trade Commission has announced that three Utah-based telemarketing firms have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle charges that they scammed "American Idol" fans into paying for what they thought were free calls to vote for their favorite performers during the first two editions of the Fox-TV hit show. The telemarketing companies "took advantage of callers who inadvertently misdialed the 'American Idol' phone numbers by buying numbers that were very close to--but not the same as--the correct numbers," said the FTC in a statement on Thursday. 

This is what happened: When "American Idol" fans dialed the wrong number that was actually one of those fake numbers set up by the bad-boy telemarketers, they were connected to a recording telling them to dial a 900 number that would connect them to a "voting line." If the fans followed those instructions and did that, they were charged $1.99 per call during the first edition of "American Idol" and $2.97 per call during the second edition of "Idol" to hear yet another recording that gave out the real toll-free number. 

 



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  From:  Christ, our Hope (amym38)     Apr-2 9:42 am  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (2 of 4)  
 
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Incredible.

 

 
 
 

 
  
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    Apr-2 11:09 am  
To:  Christ, our Hope (amym38)    (3 of 4)  
 
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Hi Amy,

 

Very nice to see you at the forum.

 

You are in my prayers regularly; I hope that some of lifes issues are getting settled in a successful way and that there is some resolve and closure and the joy and newness that comes with it.

 

I thought this Utah based scam was really telling because they are just doing what the entire Mormon Cult is doing and that is perpetuating this scam of misrepresentation by claiming to be one thing yet all along not being it and being something entirely different but using it to make some money along the way.

 

Have a very Blessed Easter week!

 

God Bless you always,

David

 



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   From:  Christ, our Hope (amym38)     Apr-2 11:24 am  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (4 of 4)  
 
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Hi David,

Yes, things are getting sorted out around here, spiritually speaking.   Thank you so very much for your prayers, David.   [SO much.]

amy

 
 
 

 
  
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