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I would love to do this, but the few times that I've tried to look up the company, there's no real evidence as to who it is. And I'm fairly sophisticated at tha
by hash872 4y ago
I would love to do this, but the few times that I've tried to look up the company, there's no real evidence as to who it is. And I'm fairly sophisticated at that kind of research, I know most of the tricks- however, these companies do successfully hide their identity.
I did, one time, find the likely CEO of one of these companies, and I called his cell phone late on a Friday night to mess with him. However, I didn't really have 'rises to the level of evidence that you could present in court' type certainty
- dweekly 4y ago(OP here) In this case the spam text linked to a legit website that clearly belonged to a CA business, which then I was able to find on the CA SoS business search website. I've also found that Terms of Service & Privacy Policy pages usually have a legal address for a company and email for legal concerns.
- 300bps 4y agoThis part is actually pretty simple. You simply keep responding that you’re interested. Click their link. Fill out their form. Eventually you’ll get to a real person at a real company that was benefiting from the illegal spam.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoCould this make the lawsuit more difficult since you've signaled consent? (Yes, they made the first move prior to your consent, but I wonder if that would be a murkier narrative in the courtroom.)
- mrex 4y agoIt's typically some affiliate-relationship that's conveniently structured to permit plausible deniability on the part of the ultimate recipient of the funds.
- thathndude 4y agoThis brings up an interesting point about the TCPA. Individual employees and owners can be personally liable, not just their companies. It’s a vicious angle to TCPA litigation.