Unknown. Did not answer. They hung up.
I never answer phone unless I know the person answering or the person on the answering machine is valid.
So wasting their time.
We received a call from this number a little before 4:30 this afternoon. Caller ID: Unavailable. Since it was supposedly from a number in our area code, I answered, The caller said he was calling on behalf of the American Veterans Support Foundation. He wanted a pledge (dollar amount) right there and then. I made sure not to say "yes" or "un-huh" or any kind of positive reply to his questions. I did say I was not familiar with the organization. His reply: it is a project of the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation. (An organization with which am also not familiar.) I replied that I needed to learn more about the organization before donating any money. Before he could say anything else, I said "Thanks for calling. Bye" Then I hung up.
What I found out about the American Veterans Support Foundation: It is a project of the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and qualifies for donors to claim their donations as Federal income tax deductions. More importantly, I found this:
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A little research on Charity Navigators, www.CharityNavigator.org revealed that 84 percent of the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation’s budget goes to raising funds and only 12 percent went to veterans.
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Source: Kitsap (Washington) Navy News, Veterans Life, "Watching Out for the Exploitation of Veterans"
http://kitsapveteranslife.com/blog/watching-o ... -veterans/1962/
Needless to say I will be blocking the phone number and will not consider donating to the organization.
Thanks very much for the due diligence you've done and provided on this post. Receive numerous calls from this number, usually on Sunday mornings, each time shown as "unknown name", and rings only 3 or 4 times. Extremely helpful information.