I got a call from this number and ID said it was Leukemia society. Did not answer. I get 2 phone calls a day from this society. They also come with the number 1-435-294-1281. I also get them Toll Free 1-866-323-5429. Obviously something fishy about all these calls from the Leukemia Society. I never answer. They can call 100 times a day. Wasting their time.
I posted the following to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society webpage (@ www.leukemia.org):
A statement, rather than a question.
Your telemarketing fundraiser's calls and unprofessional behavior is driving away more past and potential donors than you may realize.
Your managers/executive board should end your contract arrangement with whatever "professional (sic)" fund raising organization you are currently using.
If you want a broad, informal idea of the numbers of donors that the current telemarketing campaign is driving away, I recommend you do a simple Google search of just a few of the phone numbers that have been haranguing people since at least mid-May. 1-208-991-1209, 1-435-294-1281, and 1-866-323-5429 are just three of the numbers.
The telemarketers call multiple times per day, leave no message, and hang up.
I too received numerous phone calls on all of my phone numbers from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. My caller ID identified some of them as calls coming from "The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society". Other calls came from numbers associated with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which I found out when I searched them on the Internet. I rarely answer solicitation calls especially since we direct our donations to specific causes (unless something really comes along where extra help is urgently needed.) I was getting very annoyed and used the same tactic of sending a civil email to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. It worked! (Thanks for sharing your idea 'Frank'.)
I received the following from them in the form of a personal email to me:
"Thank you for contacting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and bringing this to our attention. We take your complaint seriously; can you please provide your phone numbers so we can removed them from our calling list?
On behalf of LLS, please accept our sincere apologies."
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a worthy cause. They do good work. I know this firsthand; however, the need for overly aggressive solicitations is uncalled for. You can bet they understand that harassing people into giving them money is not good for PR and will not yield positive results. Try sending an email. It worked for me.