3/24/2016 9:58am
480-269-3933 called - rang twice - hung up
they have done this every day for the past week - I am now blocking them
Internet says this is
24 Hour Emergency Vet Scottsdale AZ | 480-269-3933
I don't know - didn't try to call them back - I don't have a Pet
This number has been a persistent caller this week. Phoenix AZ caller id with an east valley area code. Today I answered and the caller identified himself as John with American Police and Sheriff's Association. I disconnected at this point. BBB lists this outfit but gives it no rating, has no complaints, no reviews. Two Charity rating services have never heard of them. The organization does have a web site under the given name. Highly likely this is an out-and-out scam. BBB shows their address as a mailbox in Sacramento, CA. Their own website shows address as a PO Box in Ste. Genevieve, MO. Website also exhibits several other indicators that tend to indicate scam, eg, poor spelling and sentence structure. Wherever they are, the previous poster indicates their phone number is linked to a Scottsdale vet hospital. Call them back, and you get a recording in a very slow speaking female voice that never identifies them, but says they are too busy to answer. Sure smells like a scam to me. Even if legitimate, most actual charities hire solicitation companies to make the calls and collect the money. Asking the solicitors how much of the money collected actually goes to the charity usually gives a reply of 10%. I prefer 100% of my donation goes to the charity, and that no less than 75% is used for the stated purpose, so after researching the charity organization, I will donate directly to them via check in the mail.
I never answer these calls. The caller ID says "Out of Area" with the local number, so the number is fake since I live in the East Valley. They certainly do sound like a scam, and they've been calling me at least once a day. Time to block.