Has anyone experienced getting falsely accused by them?
I have a beauty blog and supposedly someone had a similar blog name as mine, but the difference was that THE is in my blog's name and THIS is in this other persons' blog's name. I say supposedly since I'm unable to access the site that they think is mine for some reason.
On September 17th, Higbee & Associates insisted that I posted a flood picture that belonged to Agence France-Presse and demanded $948. I expressed that the image wasn't mine and pointed out the differences with names as well as well as the platforms that they're hosted on (judging from the image link they sent, this person posted the infringing image on WordPress). It also wouldn't make sense to post flood pictures on a BEAUTY blog. I didn't get any kind of response.
Today, their Claim Resolution Specialist (Eugene McCoy) sends me an email, hoping to resolve the matter amicably without having to go to court. He also goes on to say that they haven't received a response regarding this claim and he wants me to look at their electronic letter to review this information.
I'm not sure if they didn't get my previous email or just chose to ignore it. It makes me wonder if this is just an elaborate scam. I emailed him back and explained again that other site isn't mine. No response yet. What should I do?
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