he said he was calling to collect money for the police department for police gear. They have called before. I told them I am living on SS and can't afford to pay my rent so stop calling me for money and that I am on the Fed no class list and they I have going to send their number to that federal agency after I hang up on your [***]. Take my name off your goddamn list and stop calling me. The guy just kept talking and selling the whole damn time I was talking to him. He should have been a Repuglicant congress con man instead of a phone conman.
Charities, even fake ones, are exempt from the Do Not Call list law.
Calling for donations is expensive. Even a legitimate charity will often loose more than half of every donation to cover the cost of the calls. Charities with Police, Sheriff, State Patrol, or Fire Department in the name are much worse. Sometimes those charities get only 5% of every donation. Even if you had money to spare you should not give it to a charity that calls you.