I got a call from these scammers asking me to donate to the "Breast Cancer Society". They tell you they are a part of ACS (American Cancer Society) and ask you for a pledge. Being a cancer survivor, I pledged and asked them to send a follow-up letter. When the letter came, it looked so cheesy I got suspicious. They have a website (www.breastcancersociety.org) that's just as cheesy and has zip information. They called back to follow-up and I told them to pound sand.
They also call from 1-866-311-7847. They call 1-3 times a day and when you call back it is only an answering machine or enter a password. They are a charity scam that is using that to stay above the do not call list because charities don't have to comply. They need to be stopped! Complain at all the law enforcement websites you find at
http://www.ncpc.org/publications/brochures/te ... rochure-pdf.pdf
*Never* give donations to a stranger who calls you. Might be a scammer. Might be a legit independent fund raiser who keeps 90% for themselves and sends 10% to the charity. Best to find what charity they are collecting for, research the charity to make sure it's legit, get charity contact info from an independent source, then donate *directly* to the charity so they will get 100% of your donation.
I too checked this out. It seemed a little fishy that they wanted the donation within 24hrs of receiving the letter, since I refused to donate over the phone with credit card information. Within 2 days I started getting incessant calls from this organization, and the phone ID does not match the letter head on the donation form. I looked for them in charitynavigator.org to see if they exist, and the search yielded no results matching this organization. i will be reporting them to my State Attorneys Ofiice for further proof. Be careful.!!!!
When one opens thy mouth, please make sure one knows what one is talking about regarding this matter therefore one doesnt look foolish and uneducated like this one does... FFCA isnt a scam, alltho 100 % is not being given to the firefighters , trust me the fireman appreciate the heck out of the ffca for helping them as much as they do... Their are alot of non legit organizations out there usually you can always tell because their existance is less then a year , but sorry to say we have given to this one for years as a family and they are great !