Sleazebags of the year: infotel
Not only are they scammers of the highest order, but they are trying to sue a blogger who wrote about her troubles with Infotel, which opened up a Pandora's box of similar stories in her comments.
Roundup of links here. Educate yourself and read them all. There's some good info on telemarketing scams and the legal ramifications of blog comments.
Comments
The left and all of its ilk would love to see an end to the information dispersion that is the blogosphere.This is just their first attempt to silence it.
Posted by: mbruce | November 16, 2003 09:27 AM
What does this have to do with the left?
Posted by: michele | November 16, 2003 10:14 AM
LOL@Michele!
I dunno, it certainly sounds like a "left" run company. :)
Posted by: JonB | November 16, 2003 11:06 AM
Yeah, just like Enron... oh, wait a minute...
Posted by: Matt | November 16, 2003 11:09 AM
The only thing "left" about these guys is that their victim in this instance happened to be a right of center blogger, so most of the bloggers who have nailed these guys are right-wing bloggers (though Calpundit is not). That should be changing soon enough.
Posted by: Xrlq | November 16, 2003 01:02 PM
If by "left" one means "gauche" and "sinister" however...
Posted by: McGehee | November 16, 2003 05:31 PM
Or, I suppose, "not right." BTW, now that Atrios has picked it up, some of his commenters are trying to make it a left/right issue, too, in the opposite direction.
To me, this issue is as apolitical as it gets.
Posted by: Xrlq | November 16, 2003 06:09 PM
For what it's worth, their website is largely in French. Read into it what you will.
Oh, and Matt: Not sure what that Enron crack was supposed to mean. I don't think there was anything overtly partisan about the company (though one must note that Paul Krugman was a paid advisor for them). If one wants to use Enron for political/partisan advantage, one should keep in mind that everything Enron did was happening on Clinton's watch. On Bush's watch, they got caught at it.
Posted by: Ken Summers | November 17, 2003 10:08 AM
Infotel is Just One of Many "Companies" who Do This Scam
You can learn more about them by visiting Scamfighters Tips. This might be the largest industry in Montreal for all we know.
Posted by: scamfighters | August 1, 2004 07:12 AM