Federal Communications Commission DA 11-125 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the matter of
DeadlyDeal.com
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File No.: EB-09-SE-082
CITATION
ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CELL PHONE JAMMERS 
Adopted:   January 26, 2011 Released:  January 26, 2011
By the Acting Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division, Enforcement Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. This is an official CITATION, issued pursuant to section 503(b)(5) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (“Communications Act”),1 to DeadlyDeal.com (“Deadly 
Deal”) for marketing in the United States unauthorized radio frequency devices in violation of section 
302(b) of the Communications Act,2 and section 2.803 of the Commission’s rules (“Rules”).3  
2. Deadly Deal should take immediate steps to come into compliance and to avoid any 
recurrence of this misconduct.  As explained below and as provided in the Communications Act, future 
violations of the Rules in this regard may subject your company to substantial monetary penalties, seizure 
of equipment and criminal sanctions.   
II. BACKGROUND
3. By letter of inquiry (“LOI”) dated February 18, 2010, the Spectrum Enforcement 
Division (“Division”) of the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission initiated 
an investigation into whether Deadly Deal is marketing in the United States a radio frequency cell phone 
jamming device listed as the “Blocker.”4 Division staff observed an advertisement for the Blocker on 
Deadly Deal’s website, www.deadlydeal.com, on several occasions.5
  
1 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(5).
2 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
3 47 C.F.R. § 2.803.
4 Letter from Kathryn S. Berthot, Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, to Deadly Deal (February 18, 2010) (sent via e-mail). 
5 See http://deadlydeal.com/ (last visited, 4/8/2009); http://www.deadlydeal.com/thecommunity.php?page=3 (last 
visited, 11/18/2009); http://www.deadlydeal.com/theblog.php?page=38 (last visited, 7/19/2010); and 
http://www.deadlydeal.com/thecommunity.php?page=19 (last visited, 1/24/11) .
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4. In Deadly Deal’s March 3, 2010 response to the LOI,6 you admit that the Blocker was 
offered for sale on various dates between August 25, 2008 and January 16, 2010.7 You also admit that 
you sold approximately 118 units of the Blocker within the United States.8 Additionally, you indicate that 
you do not manufacture this device and that it ships directly from www.FocalPrice.com and/or 
www.DealExtreme.com to your clients.9 Finally, you assert that you will no longer offer this device for 
sale.10
III. APPLICABLE LAW AND VIOLATIONS
5. Federal law prohibits the marketing and operation of cell phone jammers in the United 
States.  Section 333 of the Communications Act states that “[n]o person shall willfully or maliciously 
interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by 
or under this Act or operated by the United States Government.”11 In addition, section 302(b) of the 
Communications Act provides that “[n]o person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, or ship 
devices or home electronic equipment and systems, or use devices, which fail to comply with regulations 
promulgated pursuant to this section.”12  
6. The applicable implementing regulations for section 302(b) are set forth in sections 
2.803, 15.201, and 15.3(o) of the Rules.13 Section 2.803(a)(1) of the Rules provides that:
no person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease (including advertising for sale or 
lease), or import, ship, or distribute for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for 
sale or lease, any radio frequency device unless … [i]n the case of a device subject to 
certification, such device has been authorized by the Commission in accordance with the 
rules in this chapter and is properly identified and labeled as required by § 2.925 and 
other relevant sections in this chapter.14
Additionally, section 2.803(g) of the Rules provides in pertinent part that:
[R]adio frequency devices that could not be authorized or legally operated under the 
current rules … shall not be operated, advertised, displayed, offered for sale or lease, sold 
or leased, or otherwise marketed absent a license issued under part 5 of this chapter or a 
special temporary authorization issued by the Commission.15
  
6 Letter from Sulamit Berkovits, Deadly Deal, to Samantha Peoples, Spectrum Enforcement Division, Enforcement 
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (March 3, 2010). 
7 Id. at 1-2.  You indicate that the DeadlyDeal.com website only sells a single product per day and that the product is 
only offered for sale for a 24-hour period at a time.  Id. at 1. 
8 Id. at 2.
9 Id.
10 Id.
11 47 U.S.C. § 333.
12 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
13 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.803, 15.201, and 15.3(o).
14 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(a)(1).
15 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(g).
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7. Pursuant to section 15.201(b) of the Rules,16 before intentional radiators17 like cell phone 
jammers can be marketed in the United States, they must be authorized in accordance with the 
Commission’s certification procedures.  Section 2.803(e)(4) of the Rules defines “marketing” as the “sale 
or lease, or offering for sale or lease, including advertising for sale or lease, or importation, shipment or 
distribution for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for sale or lease.”18
8. Jamming devices, however, cannot be certified or authorized because the main purpose of 
a jamming device is to block or interfere with radio communications.  As noted above, such use is clearly 
prohibited by section 333 of the Communications Act.  Thus, cell phone jammers, such as the Blocker, 
cannot comply with the FCC’s technical standards and therefore cannot be marketed in the United States.
9. Accordingly, given your admissions, and the evidence establishing that you offered the 
Blocker for sale as recently as January 24, 2011,19 we find that Deadly Deal has violated section 302(b) of 
the Communications Act and section 2.803 of the Rules by marketing in the United States radio 
frequency devices that are not eligible for certification.  We therefore issue this Citation to Deadly Deal 
for violating the Communications Act and the Rules as discussed above.  Deadly Deal should take 
immediate steps to ensure that it does not continue to violate the Communications Act and the Rules.
IV. FUTURE COMPLIANCE
10. If, after receipt of this Citation, Deadly Deal violates the Communications Act or the 
Rules by engaging in conduct of the type described herein, the Commission may impose monetary 
forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each such violation or each day of a continuing violation and up to 
$112,500 for any single act or failure to act.20 In addition, violations of the Communications Act or the 
Rules can result in seizure of equipment through in rem forfeiture actions,21 as well as criminal sanctions, 
including imprisonment.22
11. Deadly Deal may respond to this Citation within thirty (30) days after the release date of 
this Citation either through (1) a personal interview at the closest FCC office, or (2) a written statement.  
Any written statements should specify what actions have been taken by Deadly Deal to ensure that it does 
not violate the Communications Act and the Rules prohibiting the marketing of radio frequency jamming 
devices in the future.  Please reference EB file number EB-09-SE-082 when corresponding with the 
Commission.
12. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, any statement or information provided by you may be 
used by the Commission to determine if further enforcement action is required.23 Any knowingly or 
willfully false statement or concealment of any material fact, made in reply to this Citation is punishable 
  
16 47 C.F.R. § 15.201(b).
17 Section 15.3(o) of the Rules defines an “intentional radiator” as a “device that intentionally generates and emits 
radio frequency energy by radiation or induction.”  47 C.F.R. § 15.3(o).
18 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(e)(4).
19See http://www.deadlydeal.com/thecommunity.php?page=19 (last visited on 1/24/2011). We note that the device is 
currently listed on the web site with the date “January 16, 2010.” 
20 See 47 U.S.C. § 503; 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(3).  These amounts are subject to further adjustment for inflation (see id.
§1.80(b)(5)), and the forfeiture amount applicable to any violation will be determined based on the statutory amount 
designated at the time of the violation.  
21 See 47 U.S.C. § 510.
22 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501.
23 See Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
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by fine or imprisonment.24 Please also note that section 1.17 of the Rules requires that you provide 
truthful and accurate statements to the Commission.25
V. CONTACT INFORMATION
13. The closest FCC Office is the Los Angeles Field Office, in Cerritos, California.  You may 
contact Samantha Peoples by telephone, 202-418-1101, to schedule a personal interview, which must take 
place within thirty (30) days after the release date of this Citation.  You should send any written statement 
within thirty (30) days after the release date of this Citation to:
Ricardo M. Durham
Acting Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W., Rm. 3-C460
Washington, D.C.  20554
Re:  EB File No.  EB-09-SE-082
14. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  
Include a description of the accommodation you will need including as much detail as you can.  Also 
include a way we can contact you if we need more information.  Please allow at least five (5) days 
advance notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Send an e-mail to 
fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau:
 For sign language interpreters, CART, and other reasonable accommodations: 
202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty);
For accessible format materials (braille, large print, electronic files, and audio format):  
202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
VI. ORDERING CLAUSE
15. IT IS ORDERED that a copy of this Citation shall be sent both by First Class U.S. Mail 
and by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to Mr. Sulamit Berkovits, DeadlyDeal.com, 147 S. Vista 
Street, Los Angeles, CA  90036.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Ricardo M. Durham
Acting Chief
Spectrum Enforcement Division
Enforcement Bureau
  
24 See 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
25 47 C.F.R. § 1.17 (“no person subject to this rule shall; (1) In any written or oral statement of fact, intentionally 
provide material factual information that is incorrect or intentionally omit material information that is necessary to 
prevent any material factual statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading; and (2) In any written 
statement of fact, provide material factual information that is incorrect or omit material information that is necessary 
to prevent any material factual statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading without a reasonable basis 
for believing that any such material factual statement is correct and not misleading.”)