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Junk Fax Scams
800-670-1823, Employee Vacation Holiday Reminder,
This is a friendly reminder to those who have not yet booked a vacation through our corporate rewards department
Did you receive a fax from 800-670-1823 or 800-670-3519 or other
800 numbers, subject "Employee Vacation Holiday Reminder", claiming "This is a friendly reminder to those who have not yet booked a vacation through our corporate rewards department"? 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)
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 800-670-1823 Employee Vacation Holiday
Reminder scam:
More questions?
See this list of frequently
asked questions, direct from the FTC.
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