Just posted this same message under phone number 470-298- 7079, since this company is running the sam e Scam with similar numbers.... you can call the number back though, and have some fun with Eric the Robot -- think of the zaniest thing you can say to him/it and see what he responds back to you ..... and when you want to speak with one of the spammers live, you can say I'll give $100 and then you'll get a live person and can let them konw how you feel about their deceptive 'fund raising' tactics that only give our police officer a pittance of what they raise using their names.....
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Same old Scam again -- "Eric Thornton" a robot/computer generated voice called twice on my cell today within an hour (also used the number 298-7086). Starts his spiel saying that he's calling on behalf of the police, raising money for vests, etc....all sounds very legit -- but if you interrupt him and ask a question -- 'he/ it" pauses, then says something like, sounds like you want to contribute, or " i appreciate your willingness to donate", and you know it's fake when you say something totally off topic like, " Eric, do you have a purple giraffe ?" == a real person would say 'what are you talking about' or laugh -- the robot pauses, then goes into 'auto anwswer number 3' which says something back to you .... then when its asks for 50 0r 75 dollars, and which of those are you comfortable with ? and you say $50 it then says "hold on for our records department who will confirm your information". Then, it re-directs you to a boiler room operation ( i asked where they were sitting and she said in New Jersey )-- you can hear dozens of other people talking in the background -- but you do get a live person. I got Patricia Hudnell 'in the records department' -- she said she was taking the info that I had given to Mr. (someone else , not Thornton) -- I I just asked her why they used a robot and not a real person, and asked if Eric Thorton was real -- she said they used a computer assisted program, but that a real person was on the line. I said B.S.-- it was a robot. Asked her how much money went to the Police, and how much they kept for themselves ? She said "I'm required to inform you that 'no less than 10% will go to the Police" --- So I said, if I give you $100 you will keep $90 and give the police 10? -- why would I want to do that -- you guys are running a scam and ripping people off thinking they are giving to the police where you're keeping 90% of the money --- (she claimed they were not a scam and gave me a number to call, 866-784-9619) --- told her that I would send money directly to the FOP rather than heling her scam comp;any get rich off deceptive practices and that I was planning on filing a complaint with the Georgia Consumer Affairs Fraud Division. F R A U D S T E R S -- B E W A R E ! ! !