FTC Whacks "Rachel From Card Holder Services"

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FTC Whacks "Rachel From Card Holder Services"

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 1, 2012 @05:14AM from the what-about-ann?-don't-forget-ann dept.

coondoggie writes "Just two weeks after it challenged the public to come up with a better technological way to stop incessant robocalling, the Federal Trade Commission pulled the plug on five mass calling companies it said were allegedly responsible for millions of illegal pre-recorded calls from 'Rachel' and others from 'Cardholder Services.' 'At the FTC, Rachel from Cardholder Services is public enemy number one,' said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz at the announcement of the cases."

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I know that bitch! by conureman · 2012-11-01 05:16 · Score: 5, Funny

How she got my number is beyond me.

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1. Re:I know that bitch! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-01 05:45 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Would tying them up and forcing them to watch the 10-hour Nyan Cat video be considered cruel and unusual punishment?
2. Re:I know that bitch! by MyLongNickName · 2012-11-01 06:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Obama needs to change his campaign slogan to "GM is Alive and Rachel is Dead". He'll win in a landslide.
  
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3. Re:I know that bitch! by Defenestrar · 2012-11-01 06:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Wait, this chick's been auto-dialing slashdot readers and she still can't get a date? That's what you call desperate!
4. Re:I know that bitch! by dkleinsc · 2012-11-01 10:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  A vote for Obama continues to be a vote for plutocracy.
  Yeah, we should cut out the middle-man, and elect an actual plutocrat instead!
  
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My new top issue in the 2012 election by tfocker4 · 2012-11-01 05:21 · Score: 5, Funny

...is giving whoever took care of this one billion dollars.
But Why FTC??? by solardiesel · 2012-11-01 05:27 · Score: 5, Funny

She is the only girl that has called me in the last 3 years...

Forever Alone...
Re:Explains why she never called me back... by webmistressrachel · 2012-11-01 06:12 · Score: 3, Funny

Did you buy her lots of drinks and leave with nothing? Yeah. that was me.

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Re:24/7/365? by omnichad · 2012-11-01 06:31 · Score: 4, Funny

I assure you that there are far more than .01 hours in 7 years.
Re:Halleluja! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-01 06:48 · Score: 3, Funny

(It's fun to call your friends with the caller ID number of '666' and speak in a creepy voice)
But first, get some sulfur hexaflouride.
It sounds amazing.
Re:No. by wierd_w · 2012-11-01 08:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Look, we can't afford genuine RIAA Nazgul, OK?
That kind of evil doesn't come cheap!
Re:No. by Synerg1y · 2012-11-01 09:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Just mention that Rachel might have stolen the recording from a copyrighted source and they will come.