Marketers of “FREE” iPad settles with FTC

This number is active again. I guess the pandemic in India is not widespread enough.

The best advice to stop repeat offenders is not to re-elect them.
This is the problem with D. C. and most state capitols.  Every one of the parasites in the executive and legislative branches are getting paid off by lobbyists to keep this crap going.  My general rule since 1970.  Never, under any circumstances, re-elect ANYONE.  One term and then it's time for them to get a real job.

Funny 9 years later and i still get the same scam
Fedex free something , walmart free somrthing
Started about time i signed up for some free food something
lesson learned I hope

I did get a text saying I would get a free ipad. So yes I gave them my bank info. . Now what do I do ??
There no. Is.
980-844-0978

you just got scammed

"If its 'free', here is my mailing address, send it out. Thank you." They have ~zero~ need to any more info than that. No-one gets my bank account data. Scammers tried to scam my dad... he ended up +$500 Cdn in his account, scammers lost that bet! I tell the Microsoft error scammers: "Sir, I'm a PC tech, my system does NOT report errors, and if they DID get anything from my system, to e-mail me via that reporting e-mail account, thank you goodbye."(*click*) (*number blocked*)

Хутор Джумайловка,дом 24.Этот житель сиего дома ненавидит Харькова и кокнретно его мера Игоря Александровича Терехова.Он обещал нанять киллеров чтобы убить данного человека.Будьте осторожны с пишущим здесь троллем.

Yes, they GOT A REAL DEAL... THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY A DIME.
"The judgment is suspended due to their inability to pay."  (Probably they either transferred their profits into offshore accounts or otherwise laundered the money.
It's likely they will just invent a new scam and fleece more people.  Without criminal punishment (i.e.- jail time), scammers know they can get away with theft.