Not Marriott connected at all

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...h-12904068.php


The FCC announced Thursday morning that it would leverage the fine against Adrian Abramovich, a Miami man who the commission said made almost 100 million spoofed robocalls over a three-month period at the end of 2016. The FCC argued that Abramovich's operation made the phony calls to trick consumers into answering and listening to his advertising messages. The fine was based on 80,000 spoofed calls the commission had verified.

Consumers also were subjected to fake robocalls offering "discounted" travel services by real companies including Expedia, Marriott, Hilton and TripAdvisor.

The FCC found that consumers were led to believe the calls were from well-known travel and hospitality companies and were prompted to "Press 1" to learn more about "exclusive" vacation offers. Those who did were then transferred to foreign call centers where operators attempted to sell them vacation packages - often involving timeshares - in places that had no relation to the actual travel or hospitality company.

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