Consumers are plagued by the receipt of unwelcome, unsolicited faxes advertising everything from penny stocks to travel opportunities. These “junk faxes” are illegal under both Federal and Washington state law. Our firm has brought many class actions that have resulted damage awards to class members that received junk faxes and court orders forbidding the defendant from sending out junk faxes in the future.

Junk faxes are often sent by businesses who are approached by a so-called “Fax Blaster” who agrees to send out a certain number of junk faxes for the business in a particular area code or other designated location. Fax Blasters use sophisticated equipment to “harvest” fax numbers in the designated area and then send out the faxes. It is sometimes difficult to identify and locate the Fax Blaster. Part of our strategy in bringing these cases against the individual business that hired the Fax Blaster is to raise awareness in the community about the illegality of junk faxes.

We would be happy to review any fax to determine if it is illegal and bring a claim accordingly. A fax may be legally sent under certain circumstances, primarily in the context of a prior business relationship between the recipient and the sender.