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Time to start calling Senators and finding out with the FCC if these so called exempt organizations really are exempt. Here's a nice e-mail from their attorney:

My client, PoliticalOpinionsOfAmerica.org, has shared with me your email in which you threaten legal action against it based upon the “Telecommunications Consumer Privacy Act,” the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and/or the Federal Do Not Call Registry.

PoliticalOpinionsofAmerica.org does not engage in any activity that falls under Federal telemarketing/telephone statutes (i.e., the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule).  PoliticalOpinionsOfAmerica.org delivers political opinion and survey calls, and these are exempted under these federal statutes/regulations.  In addition, PoliticalOpinionsOfAmerica.org does not engage in any activity that falls within the pertinent statutes of the State of Colorado.  Accordingly, any action that you file against my client would be frivolous, and thus subject to a claim by my client for its costs associated with defending against same.

My client also immediately complies with any request to opt-out of any future calls delivered by my client, even though under Federal and State law, it is under no obligation to do so.  Accordingly, if you have asserted an opt-out request, your telephone number has already been added to my client’s internal Do Not Call list.  In any event, as of my writing of this email, your phone number has in fact been placed on my client’s internal Do Not Call list.

This correspondence in no way provides you with permission or authorization to serve notice upon me or my office with regard to any action you may file against my client.

Law Office of Joseph W. Sanscrainte
1120 Avenue of the Americas
4th Floor
New York, NY  10036
(212) 626-6934

Just another reason to hate lawyers.

These people at "Political Opinions of America" who are making these illegal telemarketing robocalls are not taking a real survey.  That's part of their scam -- an attempt to get around the do not call list by using a fake survey.  They are spoofing dozens of different phone numbers from all over the country.  They also now have a fake website.

If you press any number (or fill in a form on their fake website) to have yourself removed from their calling list, you are only confirming that your number is real, etc.  

The cruise is not free.  You will have to give them a credit card to 'hold' your reservation.  They will charge 'small fees' to it.  However, the fees are not small and are not refundable.  Some people who have fallen for this scam have also had to sit through interminable time-share presentations with high-pressure salespeople.  Come on!

Hang up.  Block the number if you have that capability, or add the number to your phone's address book under SCAM.  Immediately report each scam call that you receive to www.donotcall.gov.  If they don't know about it, they cannot do anything about it.

I just set my phone so if the number is not in my book it does not ring.  :)  Have only had maybe 2 people that I had to call back.  Man isn't this world getting getting bad

Just pulled this so called attorneys page....Joseph W. Sanscrainte
“Not approved by reason of the candidate’s failure to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses the requisite qualifications for the court for which he is a candidate        Hum I thinks the Attorney is about as shaddy as the idiots he represents