Comments on news posted 2009-05-01 08:57:45: If you're one of the millions of Americans being bombarded by those annoying car warranty extension scam calls, you can send a little kudos Verizon's way this week. ..
Got one about 6 hours ago on my home phone. Just happened to be in the bathroom w/ a cordless, so I flushed the throne after the operator answered. Of course, they hung up! -- No keyboard present or keyboard error. Press <F1> to continue....
50K is chump change to those criminals. Suppose you collect 20 million from your spam, then 50K is hardly a drop in the bucket - just the cost of doig business.
Better yet instead of fines would be public flogging for the executives and managers and confiscation of their assets.