Woman told me she was from the National Leukemia Foundation or something similar (she did mention children). She said, "All we want is to put a smile on a child's face..." She finished her spiel with, "We'd like to solicit a one-time donation," and finished with, "Is that okay?" I thought that was a strange way to ask for money. Maybe it's common. I haven't received unsolicited calls in years.
I converted my land line number to a cell (using my same number) in December. I was on DNC for years, and now this. Never had a non-profit call until today.
I said I don't donate over the phone and ended the call. As I was ending the call, I could hear her responding. Whether it's legit or not, I don't care. I don't acknowledge unsolicited calls.
The phone rang twice, I answered, no one there! It does show "CHILDHOOD LEUKE" is what showed on caller id.
Charities, politics, and one other one are able to call and solicite, even when on the DNC list! You have to tell them NOT TO CALL! After the third time of telling them to remove your number, you go on the FCC site and file a complaint and they could face up to a $16,000.00 fine of they do NOT comply and you follow through!
I think it is disgusting that they cannot just NOT call and STOP calling the first time we request it! We shouldn't have to fight to keep our privacy and scammers from calling our phones!!
It should be against the law for anyone to solicite calls from businesses and calling our homes!! It wastes our time from real customers and time when we are home with family!
Telemarketers NEED to be one of those things in the PAST!!!!!!
Krystal, these calls are not really from a charity called Childhood Leukemia. They are scammers using that name to try to get around the Do Not Call law.
Another scam used to get around the law is a survey that claims to be political. Politicians making calls is an exemption to the DNC law, but scammers promising you a free vacation if you answer their "political" survey is not an exemption. It's a scam.
Also, the Do Not Call registry will not do a thing to stop unwanted calls no matter how many times you report the offending caller. All the do not call registry does is keep a log of all your complaints so that when you go to the state Attorney General to initiate a lawsuit against the scam callers, the officials can access the DNC database to see how many people are complaining about that number and how often they are calling people. That's when the up to $16,000 per call fine comes in, only after the Attorney General successfully brings a lawsuit against the offenders.