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Junk Fax Scams
1-866-432-7612,
"Little to No Co-Pay for Doc Visit",
"This insured plan includes: doctor visits, hospital visits, surgeries, intensive care, dental, vision,
maternity, chiropractic care, hearing, urgent care...", To be removed from
our database, call 1-866-395-8075
Did you receive a fax from 1-866-432-7612, subject "Little to No Co-Pay for Doc Visit", claiming "This insured plan includes: doctor visits, hospital visits, surgeries, intensive care, dental, vision, maternity, chiropractic care, hearing, urgent care..."?
And it says "to be removed from our database, please call 1-866-395-8075? It is a junk fax scam. While the names, numbers and exact wording
may change, if it looks like the example below, it is just a sleazy attempt to
disguise an advertisement as an authorized company communication.
The scammer either bought your fax number off of a list of
verified fax machine phone numbers, or made his own list, using an autodialer to
randomly dial phone numbers until it hears a fax receiving tone on the other
end.
The scams work the same way as in email or telephone; usually it
is "hot stock tip" scam (see this page
about stock and security scams) or it is a basic advanced fee fraud (AFF,
also called "Nigerian 419 scams, see this page) or it is simply a
really sleazy way to advertise their product or service. Would you
want to buy anything from a business that uses junk faxes to advertise?
Autofax dialers can produce, store, and dial telephone numbers using a
random or sequential number generator. Often, they dial every number in a
sequence, hoping that some are valid and they will connect to a fax machine.
See this page
for what you can do to stop the junk faxes, including suing them!
Example of the junk fax 1-866-432-7612 Little to No Co-Pay for Doc Visit scam from 1-866-395-8075:
More questions?
See this list of frequently
asked questions, direct from the FTC.
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