I got a call from this number at around 12:45pm today and it was a man (or very realistic robot) calling on behalf of a charity that helps firefighters and burn victims. He first asked for a donation between $100-$350 and I said no I can't afford that. Then he asked for a smaller donation between $35-$60 and I said no again. Then he said $20 and I again refused, telling him I will not do anything over the phone. He then said I can go to afpcares.org to make the donation. The website looks pretty bad to be a "reputable national charity organization" as he claimed. He then asked me what donation I would feel comfortable making and I said none and hung-up. Of course there's a lot of bs in-between to make me believe they are an actual organization. In short, it's a scam.
@pattyrak77. Agreed. The guy said his name was John. I received the same story and said that I would look into his organization and potentially donate on my own terms. The story I got back was that "now a days" it's just easier to donate on the phone. Then I said no and got the silent treatment like others in this blog are describing.
This is a robot. A very, very well programmed one. It replies to key phrases with relevant answers then goes back to the script. Very clever, and very creepy.