Today our condo association received a mailing from "The
Official Department of Pest Control Solutions" about "The Florida Whitefly
Crisis." The one-page letter on what looked like the official letterhead of a
State of Florida agency tells about the Whitefly invasion and treatments for
it. It goes on to say at the end: "To schedule an onsite inspection and a
limited free treatment please call 888-257-5066."
Our association has been aware of the Whitefly invasion and that it
attacks ficus plants and trees. Fortunately, in order to prevent the roots of
our ficuses from getting into our waste water pipes, we had all our ficus
hedges, except for those surrounding our dumpster, replaced with coco plum
hedges several years ago.
The letter has an official-looking seal in the upper left
corner that has a picture of a tree and reads “The Official Department of Pest
Control Solutions.” I’m guessing this is just the name of a private company pretending
to be a state agency. They may be a very good company for all I know, but
without my knowing more they would not get my business. I don’t like doing
business with companies that pretend to be something they are not. Does anyone
know anything more about them? I haven’t bothered to call them.
(SOMEONE besides Elaineb needs to post on this blog!)
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Your Blogmeister Replies:
Lanny,
If you plug this name into the Florida Sunbiz Site, you immediately discover that this is indeed a private for profit company, with no relation to Florida Government:
REF: http://www.sunbiz.org/
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Your Blogmeister Replies:
Lanny,
If you plug this name into the Florida Sunbiz Site, you immediately discover that this is indeed a private for profit company, with no relation to Florida Government:
REF: http://www.sunbiz.org/
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Detail by Entity Name
Florida Profit CorporationTHE OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF PEST CONTROL SOLUTIONS INC
Filing Information
P13000023196NONE03/12/2013FLACTIVE03/12/2013
Principal Address
2641 N FLAMINGO ROAD
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
Mailing Address
2641 N FLAMINGO ROAD
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
Registered Agent Name & AddressBARTEAU, SOMPORN
2641 N FLAMINGO RD
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
1007
SUNRISE, FL 33323
Officer/Director DetailName & Address
Title P
BARTEAU, SOMPORN
Title P
BARTEAU, SOMPORN
2641 N FLAMINGO RD
SUNRISE, FL 33323
SUNRISE, FL 33323
Annual Reports
| No Annual Reports Filed |
WE got the same thing. probably some scam. hate when that happens.
ReplyDelete'Official Department' is right up there with 'Famous Brands' etc.
ReplyDeleteI see they have 3 new kinds of whitefly, last year our service company found we had new Cuban whitefly which required an increase in our bill. And that's what its all about, dum de dah!
Thank you all, and thank you, Dave, for doing the research for me (and others who might have received this deceptive letter).
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