Create a Market then Sell ways to stop it ! Is this a racket that is wide spread?

Question

Who Keeps Calling me ? Number Look-ups !?

This is the best way to start a h**l of a buisness !

Call thousands of numbers and watch them come up on these sites!

Then advertise on the site to have the number investigated to see who owns that number.

Kind of like the shell game www.ancestory.com, www.reversenumberlookup.com and other companies that sell information seem to me they do in my opinion.

Create a market! Then sell ways to stop that market.

(What a racket.)

It is I am sure being done eveyday. These companies need to be looked at more closely how they railroad people into traps/

Answer 1

If you were to call people and set up a "who calls me" helped line, this would officially be counted as wire fraud and raketering. You can go to jail for it.

However, if the company is not related to the people making the calls, then it is perfectly legal, as they have moved into a niche market, rather than created a niche market.

For example, if you were to contaminate a neighborhood with fire ants, and were then to offer to exterminate them for a fee, this would be a crime. But if you were to find a neighborhood that was already infested and were to offer to exterminate them then you would be providing a legitimate service.

Answer 2

Yes, you're probably right. The best way to stop the game, is not to play it.