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Dude, Where’s My RoboCall?

Strange moment today. In the car, listening to Brian Lehrer talk about a flood of bogus “your car warranty is about to expire” robocalls that have been contaminating America’s cell-phone networks.

I park my car. I see that I have a message on my cell phone. I retrieve the message. A voice comes on “your car warranty is about to expire…”

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2 Responses to “Dude, Where’s My RoboCall?”

  1. Gary K. Says:
    April 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    So I’m not the only one. I also thought it was strange that after I sold my car to go car free, all of sudden I started getting those calls and also lots of junk mail on how I could be saving on my car insurance. I’m saving quite a lot on car insurance, by not having a car.

  2. Jeffrey W. Baker Says:
    April 29th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    I get them 2-3 times a day at my office. I referred the matter to the office of the attorney general of the state of Florida, after an investigation determined that the calls originated in Dade County. This may sound like an exaggeration, but I really believe that whoever is responsible for these calls deserves life in prison.

    By the way, it’s not really a warranty scam, it’s actually an identity theft operation.

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