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I've spent a few minutes trying to figure out who Life Corporation and Walter Monk are. Walter Monk may be an "entrepreneur" in Texas, but that isn't clear to me. What is clear is that "Life Corporation" has been incorporated since 1995 and has no internet presence as far as I can tell.
This is shady as fuck before you even get to the illegal stuff.
https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/arlington/profile/advertising-agencies/life-corporation-0825-95110149
Oh that's interesting. Not sure how that didn't show up in my search. I had to log in to my ancient LinkedIn account to read it, but I'm glad I did, because...
I really like starting businesses. You might say I am obsessed (or is it possessed? ) by this activity. I love helping others start businesses. I am a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization of Fort Worth, and I highly recommend this worldwide organization for any entrepreneur.
In college majored in Wildlife Management, and soon discovered that the life of starting businesses was more fun than going to school. Some of the businesses that I started include gas stations, lobster trapping, a chain of nightclubs and bars, selling bait, a beef jerky plant, a dating service, credit card processing center, condom machine routes, and selling pool cues. Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders that have made some of my ideas into very long lasting businesses. Together our team has done billions of phone calls, texts and and done a lot of political polling, nonprofit These all made at least some money except the lobster trapping...I never caught one lobster. I may go back to Hawaii and try that again, it still bothers me :-)
Thank you.
Edit: I should have hilighted this part too, because again, SKETCHY AS FUCK.
Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders
Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders
We would amuse ourselves by dressing like ghosts with pointy heads, and burning spare lumber after nailing it together in an X
1527 S Cooper St is something called TextToSurvey. I'm guessing Life Corporation, if it ever actually existed, is dead in all but name.
I’m guessing Life Corporation, if it ever actually existed, is dead in all but name.
All things considered, that's a pretty quick setup for a long-running operation on foreign territory. Couldn't have been easy when it's only been about four years since the collapse of the USSR.
See my full paste from the LinkedIn page @DrQuickbeam found, but here's the key part:
Then about 1990 I met up with an amazing set of leaders
He never says who they are. Very suspicious.
Good find by Quickbeam, thanks for copying it over. Kinda sounds like some of the language used in MLM pitches.
https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/
Search for "Entity Name" of "Life Corporation". From there, you can get a list of corporate leadership. CEO (when searched on linkedin) shows the CEO is also a CEO of:
It seems to be all surrounding a call-center. It all fits.
Texas, wow, never would have imagined that. And they got caught, surprised again.
The quarter from your ear must really blow your socks off then, every time!
Anyone else remember when the KKKonservatives said that democrats can’t win fairly?
Starting to think that might have been projection.
Always has been.
Republicans: "We're cheating and still lost, so they have to be cheating more!"
Walter Monk and Life Corporation, a Texas-based company, have been identified as the source of fake robocalls that impersonated President Biden, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella[1][3][4][5][6]. The robocalls, which used a voice that sounded like President Biden's, were intended to discourage voting[4]. The calls were traced back to Life Corporation and Walter Monk using 'tracebacks' through an entity known as the Industry Traceback Group[1].
Life Corporation is owned by Walter Monk[4][5]. A subsidiary of Life Corporation, Voice Broadcasting Corp., which identifies Mr. Monk as its founder, has received numerous payments from the Republican Party’s state committee in Delaware, as well as payments from congressional candidates in both parties[4].
The calls were routed through a provider called Lingo Telecom[4][5][6]. After being informed that the calls were being investigated, Lingo Telecom suspended services to Life Corporation[1][5][6].
The Attorney General's office has opened a criminal investigation and issued a cease-and-desist order to Life Corporation[1][4][5][6]. No charges have been filed against Walter Monk as of the current date, but the investigation is ongoing[5].
Citations: [1] Texas-based group, Walter Monk were source of fake President Biden robocalls to NH voters, AG says https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/texas-based-group-walter-monk-were-source-fake-president-biden-robocalls-nh-voters-ag-says/YIVPQJDLPBADFEC6ESR5Z455CM/ [2] Walter Monk - Wholesale Communication | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/waltmonk [3] AI-generated Biden calls came through shady telecom and Texan front 'Life Corporation' | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/ai-generated-biden-calls-came-through-shady-telecom-and-texan-front-life-corporation/ [4] Texas Company Was Behind Voter Robocalls That Impersonated Biden, N.H. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/biden-robocall-new-hampshire.html [5] Fake Biden robocalls in New Hampshire linked to 2 Texas companies, AG says https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/new-hampshire-primary-joe-biden-fake-robocall-investigation-update/ [6] Fake Biden robocall traced to Texas-based Life Corp, officials say https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-hampshire-attorney-general-fake-biden-robocall-traced-texas-based-life-corp-2024-02-06/ [7] Authorities target two firms in probe of AI robocalls impersonating Biden before New Hampshire's primary https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/authorities-target-two-firms-in-probe-of-ai-robocalls-impersonating-biden-before-new-hampshires-primary [8] Fake Biden Robocall Traced to Texas-Based Life Corp, Officials Say https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-02-06/new-hampshire-attorney-general-fake-biden-robocall-traced-to-texas-based-life-corp
When robocalls/texts affect the rich and powerful, it gets investigated. When the entire population has been complaining about it and getting scammed for years, no one bats an eye.
Not sure how hard it would be, but if it's possible the FCC really needs to get telecom companies to secure their systems to prevent number spoofing.
The telecom system is so shitty.
Isn't that what STIR/SHAKEN was supposed to do?
Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs.
They really wanted that acronym to sound cool. To be fair SBHAIUT doesn't sound as good.
The name was inspired by Ian Fleming's character James Bond, who famously prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred". STIR having existed already, the creators of SHAKEN "tortured the English language until [they] came up with an acronym."
Maria Hill: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. And what does that mean to you?
Ward: It means someone really wanted our initials to spell S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sadly it became annoyingly complicated and manual with number porting. Previously you could have just implemented “we own these blocks, this isn’t in our block, drop the call” but with number porting there are a lot of one offs to track. Not saying they shouldn’t do it, but number portability screwed with things.
If only there were some sort of way to automate handling a whole lot of numbers...
It's not even that many numbers when the entire list could fit in memory on a modest computer.
I'm sorry, are you rich or a politician? No? They don't care enough to do anything.
Will it be some shady right-wing political operative?
Answer: I don't even need to read the article. I can just comment and move on.
They issued cease and desist orders to the company.
How about you fucking raid the company and shove the big dick of the law up his ass? I'm so fucking tired of these republican scumbags getting a pass or being treated with kid gloves.
I understood that the FCC just now ruled such activity illegal? Or interpreted is as illegal under existing laws and regulations? My details may be off.
Yeah, where's the swat team breaking down these fucks' doors and murdering people in their beds? I mean, they know how to do that, and they've got plenty of experience.
I think the failure was that nobody claimed there were black people working there. That would have brought out the violence.