We got a call today from this number at 2:44 pm and didn't answer. The caller ID was MASSACHUSETTS. No voice mail message was left. The number at one time may have belonged to the Dish Network in Boston. However, when I called back (our number is hidden by default on outgoing calls) a recording answered. It is a very sophisticated computer program designed to fool the caller into believing it is a live person who answers. It continued even when I replied in Spanish. It is the American Veterans Support Foundation, a bogus charity. This is a new number for them. Other numbers which they have used are 240-241-7819, 240-252-3089, 240-949-7490, and 443-898-9286. A similar bogus charity named the American Veterans Support Organization has used these numbers: 239-829-5303, 857-209-2708, 857-362-8302, and 857-362-8303. Perhaps they are the same scammers. This new number will be added to our call blocker.
We got a call today from this number at 2:44 pm and didn't answer. The caller ID was MASSACHUSETTS. No voice mail message was left. The number at one time may have belonged to the Dish Network in Boston. However, when I called back (our number is hidden by default on outgoing calls) a recording answered. It is a very sophisticated computer program designed to fool the caller into believing it is a live person who answers. It continued even when I replied in Spanish. It is the American Veterans Support Foundation, a bogus charity. This is a new number for them. Other numbers which they have used are 240-241-7819, 240-252-3089, 240-949-7490, and 443-898-9286. A similar bogus charity named the American Veterans Support Organization has used these numbers: 239-829-5303, 857-209-2708, 857-362-8302, and 857-362-8303. Perhaps they are the same scammers. This new number will be added to our call blocker.
Phoned yesterday. Not home at the time of the phone call. I appreciate Ken's earlier comments on this phone number. Thanks for the research, and warning about this bogus charity.
The person on the phone said that is calling from American Veterans Foundation, and asked if OK to record the phone call. I did not continue the conversation.