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Marketer Settles FTC Charges He Sent Millions of Deceptive, Unwanted Text Messages

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014. An affiliate marketer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he was responsible for sending millions of unwanted text messages to consumers that deceptively promised “free” gift cards and electronics.

The marketer, Jason Q. Cruz of West Bend, Wisc., was a subject in a series of FTC complaints targeting the senders of deceptive spam text messages. In its complaint against Cruz, the FTC alleged that he sent text…

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