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LeftInTX

(29,998 posts)
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 11:35 PM Dec 2017

Check to see if a fraudulent comment was left at the FCC in your name

https://www.comcastroturf.com/

Not only was a fraudulent comment left in my name. It was also at my correct address.

This is what it says:

The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation. I urge the Federal Communications Commission to end the bureaucratic regulatory overreach of the internet known as Title II and restore the bipartisan light-touch regulatory consensus that enabled the internet to flourish for more than 20 years. The plan currently under consideration at the FCC to repeal Obama's Title II power grab is a positive step forward and will help to promote a truly free and open internet for everyone.
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Check to see if a fraudulent comment was left at the FCC in your name (Original Post) LeftInTX Dec 2017 OP
Did and done. Thanks. marble falls Dec 2017 #1
this needs to go viral so people gopiscrap Dec 2017 #2
I tweeted it. I've got 147 followers LeftInTX Dec 2017 #4
Thank you gopiscrap Dec 2017 #7
And itsrobert Dec 2017 #3
OMG!!! LeftInTX Dec 2017 #5
Whoa!!!! I searched my name and found it 3 times at 3 different addresses all using the same comment Pachamama Dec 2017 #6
That's what mine says too catrose Dec 2017 #8
Interestingly enough, I didn't find my name. Problem is I left a legit comment Neema Dec 2017 #9
Don't be pissed ggmac0427 Dec 2017 #13
How would they know the fake ones from the valid ones if they're using the same information? Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #14
son of a bitch krispos42 Dec 2017 #10
Comment from the grave? lostnfound Dec 2017 #11
Damn! My name was used, too ggmac0427 Dec 2017 #12
both the formal and informal spellings of my name were used, however... steve2470 Dec 2017 #15
I would be careful about leaving your real name on an internet site discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 #16
It is the FCC.gov site LeftInTX Dec 2017 #17
No doubt discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 #18
It was put out by Tom's Hardware LeftInTX Dec 2017 #19
Search for comments using the FCC site LeftInTX Dec 2017 #20

LeftInTX

(29,998 posts)
4. I tweeted it. I've got 147 followers
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 12:19 AM
Dec 2017

I guess I can keep tweeting it over and over.

I posted it on FB, but it won't get the traction (retweets) that twitter has.

Pachamama

(17,013 posts)
6. Whoa!!!! I searched my name and found it 3 times at 3 different addresses all using the same comment
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 12:32 AM
Dec 2017

Here is what the comment said:


"The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation. I urge the Federal Communications Commission to end the bureaucratic regulatory overreach of the internet known as Title II and restore the bipartisan light-touch regulatory consensus that enabled the internet to flourish for more than 20 years. The plan currently under consideration at the FCC to repeal Obama's Title II power grab is a positive step forward and will help to promote a truly free and open internet for everyone."

My name isn't very common. I find this very strange that 3 same names at 3 different addresses with same comment...I can't believe this is coincidence...

Meanwhile, on a positive note, I was happy to see actual neighbors and friends of mine who made great messages for Net Neutrality to the FCC....

Neema

(1,152 posts)
9. Interestingly enough, I didn't find my name. Problem is I left a legit comment
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 02:45 AM
Dec 2017

over a week ago and it is not there. That pisses me off too.

ggmac0427

(38 posts)
13. Don't be pissed
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:06 AM
Dec 2017

The page with the search link says that only names alongside suspicious anti-net neutrality comments will show up from the search.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
10. son of a bitch
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 06:00 AM
Dec 2017

My name is fairly common. I got 5 hits, none of them me BUT they all say the identical thing! It's copy and paste! All in mid-May, too!

lostnfound

(16,635 posts)
11. Comment from the grave?
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 08:07 AM
Dec 2017

Someone in a small town with my name supposedly put in the following comment, so I googled my name and that town in New York and only one person by that name appeared from that town, and they died two months before the comment went in.

The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation. I urge the Federal Communications Commission to end the bureaucratic regulatory overreach of the internet known as Title II and restore the bipartisan light-touch regulatory consensus that enabled the internet to flourish for more than 20 years. The plan currently under consideration at the FCC to repeal Obama's Title II power grab is a positive step forward and will help to promote a truly free and open internet for everyone.

ggmac0427

(38 posts)
12. Damn! My name was used, too
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 08:52 AM
Dec 2017

I searched and found my name along with the same cut-and-paste comment "The unprecedented regulatory power........etc" , but the address was not mine.

However, I googled the address, and it does not exist. So my name was fraudulently used, with a non-existent address. There are probably more fake submittals just like this.

steve2470

(37,468 posts)
15. both the formal and informal spellings of my name were used, however...
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 10:09 AM
Dec 2017

Both listings were not at my address.

I'll leave a legit comment again at my address.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,577 posts)
16. I would be careful about leaving your real name on an internet site
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 10:03 PM
Dec 2017

Any site you visit can see various pieces of info including your IP which locates you geographically. Maybe some credible organization has investigated this site but I haven't seen that info.

Be careful out there in the interwebs.

LeftInTX

(29,998 posts)
17. It is the FCC.gov site
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 10:18 PM
Dec 2017

Someone is putting fraudulent comments on the FCC site.

Here is one in Barack Obama's name. I don't think Barack Obama's IP address indicated he lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in July of 2017.

Someone is committing fraud.

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10713873805694

LeftInTX

(29,998 posts)
19. It was put out by Tom's Hardware
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 11:33 PM
Dec 2017

And it searched the FCC for fake comments.

I also found my comments by going to the site and searching for my name.

In addition to the fake comment, I had posted two comments in support of Net Neutrality.

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