A North Carolina woman has launched a proposed class action accusing Coyote Land Holdings LLC, a land-buying company, of flooding consumers with unsolicited text messages in violation of federal and state laws — even to those who had clearly placed their numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry.
In the complaint filed October 3 in federal court, plaintiff Laken Sawyers alleges that the company’s campaign broke the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the North Carolina Telephone Solicitations Act by using deceptive messaging tactics to promote its real estate deals.
A Flood of Texts After a “Do Not Disturb” Registration
Sawyers said she registered her number on the Do Not Call list in May — yet by July, she received two texts from an entity called AMKL, pitching land-buying offers. But after digging, Sawyers’ legal team couldn’t find any legitimate company by that name.
“It is believed that AMKL is a false name used to shield Coyote Land Holdings from liability,” the suit reads. The complaint adds that other consumers also received similar messages from companies calling themselves AML and PLP — suggesting a network of aliases possibly used to obscure the real sender.
One of those consumers reportedly received the texts soon after Hurricane Helene damaged their Cleveland County property, raising questions about how Coyote Land obtained contact details and whether it targeted distressed property owners.
