called us at 8:45 this morning. Saturday morning. I was asleep. This jerk asked to call for "the lady of the house", said he was with the police, said, "don't worry, you're not in trouble, blah blah."
The area code 360 is Marysville WA. That is what showed up on my caller id. They just called my house a little while ago. The area code for Spokane is 509. I know because I live near Spokane.
Unknown caller from this number. I answered, said he was with the Fraternal Order of Police, don't worry you're not in trouble... then said he was collecting for police memorial fund, would I donate. I said my husband is past president of our local FOP and he proceeded like he didn't hear me. He asked again for a donation and I said to call back when he was home, then he said he would send out donation form and how did I spell my first and last name. I asked, mine or my husbands and he said I'm sorry i didn't get that, spell the first name again, I repeated my question and he said again spell the first name. Wierd. I think it's all automated. I hung up.
I live in Seattle and keep getting calls from this number...360-547-1900.... I've learned to just let it ring. I've talked to them a couple of times and asked them to send printed information or refer me to a web page. Of course they never do either, they just try to keep me on the phone till I'll give them my credit card number... fat chance!!!
Sometime I'll get calls with blocked caller i.d., but never answer them. I don't know if they're from this group or not.
The times I have picked up the phone and talked with them, the caller was an aggressive sounding guy, he started out by saying the call was being recorded..... with the implication being, "We're the cops, we're calling you and recording the call, we know who you are and where you live, well, are you gonna give us money or not?" --- not that he said that, but it had that kind of feeling to it. It felt more like a shakedown than a charity call.
What's irritating is, I'm on the do not call list.... they don't seem to respect that.
I have a friend who is a cop and have great respect for the police. I don't believe that the police have anything to do with these calls. I doubt that much of the contributions go to them.