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When I registered a trademark I got a very similar fake invoice from a company in Serbia. They wanted £940 for their "trademark monitoring service". The only cl
by PaulAJ 7y ago
When I registered a trademark I got a very similar fake invoice from a company in Serbia. They wanted £940 for their "trademark monitoring service". The only clue that this was not a real invoice was "This offer is not an invoice but a solicitation" in the fine print at the bottom.
Fortunately the Trademark Office warns everyone who registers a trademark that they can expect to receive something along these lines, but of course the idea is that in a big company the "invoice" might get paid by someone in too much of a hurry to look carefully.
- floren 7y agoI think almost any transaction which results in a public record including your address could lead to this. After I bought my house, I was inundated with letters offering mortgage insurance.
- joshmn 7y agoAnd in some states in the US, the DMV will sell your information to companies who will eagerly remind you that your car's warranty has expired.
- Wistar 7y agoWA-state. When I registered a new (to me) car three years ago, the privately-owned licensing agency misspelled my name. I began to receive junk mail to my address with the misspelled name within a week or two and which continues to this day.
- JoshTriplett 7y ago> I think almost any transaction which results in a public record including your address could lead to this. Which is one reason why public records should not include any personal information, particularly including addresses or other contact/location information.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoshould've asked 39.99 euros. Many would have sent it without thinking twice: peace of mind, just in case...
- gowld 7y agoSame when you buy a house or car or anything that is public record. And thanks to adtech, now everything is public record!