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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Have you received a call from the Police Foundation of Colorado Springs recently? You may want to check your bank account.
Scammers are targeting unsuspecting residents by pretending to be Colorado Springs Police Department officers asking people for donations on behalf of the Police Foundation of Colorado Springs.
The Colorado Springs Police Department and the Police Foundation of Colorado Springs would like to remind the community that they never call citizens to raise money. Any phone call that attempts to solicit money on behalf of the police department and their organizations is engaging in a criminal act that should be reported to (719) 444-7000.
The phone calls are very similar to past fraudulent attempts to gain money that used the name of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office or the Fountain Police Department, an official with the law enforcement agency said.
Colorado Police Foundation.....I have told them numerous times to stop calling me. I block the number and they call from a different number. Trying to get donations.....I'm not giving them a donation, and I don't believe it is really the Colorado Police Donation Foundation, either!
You are probably right...don't EVER give money over the phone to someone YOU did not call....also, go to your local police dept/sheriff and donate to their police order....NEVER over the phone...those people are not the FOP.....'l