Vigilantes Rick roll telemarketers
Everyone has had it with the vehicle warranty calls. Oklahoma authorities have filed several legal actions to stop the annoying telemarketing pitches. Their counterparts in other states have tried similar tactics. The feds have gotten involved.
Yet the calls — “This is your second and final call notifying that your vehicle warranty is about to expire…” — continue unabated.
Michael Silveira called out the big guns, the Wall Street Journal reported. He Rickrolled them:
So last week, Mr. Silveira began calling back an auto-warranty company that has become the focus of an Internet crusade. He left it voice-mail messages that contained nothing but a recording of Rick Astley’s 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
Using phone numbers for Auto One Warranty Specialists Inc. that users posted to a Web site called Reddit.com, Mr. Silveira joined dozens of activists who have peppered the warranty company with messages including elevator music, threats and offers of rude services.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of weasels.