Received a call from this number today, (Sunday! of all days, is nothing sacred to these guys?). They did not leave a message but I see it is yet another number used by the "charity" for Florida Law Enforcement Officers. Over the last two weeks I have been called by at least 6 different numbers from all over the state from this so called "charity". They have in the past harassed me to the point I felt I was going to be targeted by law enforcement if I didn't pay up by using men with very strong aggressive voices to scare me. Funny, I've never received a call from a woman from this "charity". They have also harassed my mother who is in her 70's, telling her that she OWED them money because on an earlier call they claim she said she would donate. They picked the wrong senior to try to confuse because my mother's memory is sharp and she chewed them out for lying to her. One of her favorite things to do when she gets an unwanted call is to talk to them for a few seconds, then tell them to hang on for a second, she has something cooking on the stove, she will be right back with them. Then she sets the phone down and goes about whatever she was doing before they called. They are left on "HOLD" for as long as their greed allows them. Time to make a formal complaint to the Senate and House of Representatives for MOB like tactics to force money out of people, repeated calls from different numbers, for calling very late in the evening, on Saturday and worst of all, on Sunday, a day of worship, not business. How many people are intimidated into donating? It should be illegal for any type of charity representing law enforcement to even exist due to fear of reprisal, real or imagined.
recent articles at better business bureau, scam busters dot com and the fiscal times dot com indicate that there is a new scam that telemarketers and scammes are using. They are now using the spoofed numbers of regular people.....anyone who has a telephone number, small local businesses, friends or neighbors of the targeted phone call. The articles also state that the scammers have figured out that householders will not pick up the phone if they have checked and determined that the number in the caller ID is spoofed. By using the phone numbers of regular people and regular businesses (there have already been reports of "florists", "childcare centers" and elderly people randomly calling lots of different householders. The scammers are hoping to trick the householder into picking up the phone. Another new scam according to the better business bureau is for the scammer to call the target phone number.....using the householder's own phone number in the caller ID. The idea is to pique the householder's curiousity (or shock them) into picking up the phone to see why their own phone number is displayed the caller ID. The BBB warns against picking up these calls, but if you do.....do not press any buttons if you get a recorded message instructing you to do so. If you missed the call, do not call the number back and
do not give out any financial or personal identifying information
This same caller Eric Gordon called from 904-337-4912----very rude and aggressive pushing for $$ for some police benefit program. Can't shut him up=-=must hang up.