ML/NJ
Pure BS.
They called him.
I used to get free phone sex from these “ladies”, but interrupting them and asking them what they were wearing.
Then, I’d start breathing heavy.
Some went with it.
Some put me on speakerphone.
Some screamed in terror and hung.
Those extended warranty companies are the most crooked around. I get their stupid scam calls several times a week, and sometimes on my cell phone. They mask their real phone number, and violate the Do Not Call rules. There should be immunity for threatening one of these scam artists. How many people threatened Madoff and his family the last few months? Are any of them in jail? This is ridiculous.
It’s not clear to me how he got to be in jail in St Louis.
I also wonder why the local cops lured him with a false story to arrest him for something that had to be done under federal jurisdiction.
Huh?! Wouldn't that be considered entrapment?
I had a company in Utah make fraudulent charges to my credit card. I disputed them with my bank and then called the company. I asked them why they were making unauthorized charges. They said I didn’t have to be rude and they’d hang up if I continued.
Tracie Papenfus said her husband called a St. Louis telemarketing firm — she didn't know the name — after getting a mailer stating that the factory warranty had expired for the 1996 Ford Taurus driven by his 23-year-old son. The car, bought as-is for $3,000, hasn't had a factory warranty for years.
"He wanted to know, 'Why are you sending this when we've never had a warranty?'" Tracie Papenfus said.
In fact, Charles Papenfus asked that same question several times. He called the firm after receiving the mailer, then he called the company back to complain some more, said Douglas Forsyth, a local attorney representing Papenfus. The call during which Papenfus allegedly made a terrorist threat was initiated by the firm, in a response to a voice-mail message left by Papenfus, Forsyth said.
"They insulted each other," Forsyth said, adding that Papenfus called the company "a scam" and the telemarketer called Papenfus "a jackass or (an expletive) or both."
Forsyth said that, several minutes into the call, Papenfus said something about burning down the firm's building.
I had a telemarketer call me once and I just hung up without saying a word. He called back and startd to get on my case for hanging up on him. I hung up again without saying a word.
She told the person on the phone, “Sure, come down and give me a quote.”
She had a BRICK house. LOL.
Horse puckey. They should give him the key to the City.
The guy said he’d burn down the building of those lousy telescammers, and now he’s in jail. I’ve been taking up a collection for this man here at FR. So far I’ve got fifteen gallons of gasoline.
Weren’t these callers with the “car warranty” extension calls revealed to largely be a multi-state scam?