The charity place IS REAL, BUT.....http://web1.userinstinct.com/17239652-childhood-leukemia-foundation.htm
It's not the same phone number.
Do Not Call dot Gov will not do anything about charity places calling as they ARE allowed to call you.
This is why scammers pretent to be an orginization for such to get away with it, same way with them annoying servey phone calls.
Here's a listing with addresses & phone numbers from their yellow pages web site of chairty places & this phone number is not one of them.
These calls were constant until a few weeks ago - seems that it got better about the time that I heard that Congress passed something (in addition to the Do Not Call list) to prevent unsolicited calls. But - they are back. My husband is in his 60's and works an overnight shift. Every interruption to his daytime sleep is taking a toll on his health. We have successfully eliminated every unwanted call except for this one. If anyone knows how to make them stop, please advise.
They are relentless. The calls don't stop and they just change the number if you block it. I can only block 10 numbers at a time and it's usually full. Every time I buy something off the internet, there's usually an increase of phone calls. Although it's annoying, I'm too lazy to got through the hassle of submitting the number to my Attorney General. Although I might go the extra mile to make a buck or two off of them. Check out this link from Consumerist. http://consumerist.com/2011/05/if-telemarkete ... ue-for-500.html
I started recieving these calls last week.The first time I answered they tried speaking to me like they've known me my whole lofe which is irritating.i politely told them i could not help in any way and hung up.They are affiliated with the same people who claim to be Card member Services and are out to get any non public info to scam you.My solution?I bought a loud whistle and now anytime I get one of these calls I answer,make sure I get a live person and blow said whistle as loud as I can.happy to report the calls have lowered in frequency and am sure if I continue to do this they will eventually stop.If they continue I'm getting a blow horn can that my friend uses on his boat as it's much louder.