I never answer the phone for these types of calls. I keep getting calls from this number and it just shows Michigan on the caller ID. I leave the machine pick it up but they never leave a message so I figured it can't be too important. They call here at least 2 or 3 times a day. I'm also on the do not call list but I still get these crank calls.
i do not know who this is, but i am on a do not call list. there is never any one there and it rings two times, then nothing. i am tired of this since it happend several times
I never answer the phone for these types of calls. I keep getting calls from this number and it just shows Michigan on the caller ID. I leave the machine pick it up but they never leave a message so I figured it can't be too important. They call here at least 2 or 3 times a day. I'm also on the do not call list but I still get these crank calls.
This guy calls me up from this number the other day and he starts talking to me like he knows me, like we are old friends or something, telling me about his life and how hard he has it because telemarketers only make minimum wage and he has 12 kids to feed and all this type of stuff. So I tell him that yeah, I know what you mean, see I made a donation to help some folks that were having a hard time just like he was but come to find out some scumbag took 85% to 90% of the money I gave that guy to do something good with. So he promises that if I help him and his group out he will make sure that the money goes exactly where he says it will go because he works for a company called Good Charity Inc, run by this Brian Maiorana guy and that Brian is always running around showing up at other peoples charities and taking pictures and stuff so he can put it on his website and use it to raise more money. Well come to find out that Brian Maiorana was no different then that other guy that took my money for charity and used it to buy an expensive car and a big house. I told the guy on the phone that if he wanted help with his paycheck problem then he would have to contact Damian Muziani the owner of Outreach Calling Inc and ask him for the money he should have used for charity. Turns out that Damian Muzaini is an actor and he needed the money to go out on auditions for acting roles. He did manage to get himself on Average Joe and Who wants to be a millionaire but as for helping out the people he said he was helping out, well, that never happened.
After that the guy on the phone just started crying telling me he would have to eat cat food for dinner if I did not give him a donation to this Good Charity Inc and Brian Maiorana or maybe even lose his minimum wage job and then not even be able to buy the cat food. So I told him how bad I felt for him and gave him the info Damian Muziani and if he could convince him to sell his fancy car use the money to feed they homeless like they said they would that I am sure Damain Muziani would be happy to give him enough money for him to buy some food.
I found this online but it has all his info on it so for all of you at Good Charity Inc that work for Brian Maiorana, just contact Damian Muziani and I am sure, or at least I think he will help you out. Whats the worse that could happen, he yells at you because Brian Maiorana could not get a better then 85% contract with the charity, while Damian Muzaini was able to talk the Charities he reps out of 90%.
And after you take note of his info below, you be sure to reach the articles below that from the BBB and Charity Watch about what kind of a scam Good Charity Inc is and what they found out when they went looking for the money this poor cat food eating telemarketer raised.
I am currently an employee at the Outreach Calling call center. The address is 4751 Route 42 South Turnersville NJ 08012. It is above the liquor store. Damian Muziani is the owner. As employees, we are told that the reason we only donate 1-15% of the proceeds we collect is because the rest is used to keep the building operational and everyone's paycheck coming in each week. But if we only collect that much for charity, isn't the organization itself kind of unnecessary? Yep. I am currently searching for another job, as I am quite fed up with getting paid to swindle money from people over the phone. If you are called, to the best of my knowledge the best thing to do would be to request to speak to a verifier, then request that you be removed from the list. If you tell that to a regular call rep (the person pitching the sale to you) the best we can do is hit "Not Interested" which will remove you from the list for that specific organization for about 6 months. You will still be called from the same number in the meantime, but you will be asked to donate for different organizations. I am not sure, but I believe hitting "Business/Fax" as opposed to not interested removes you from that specific list permanently, however we would probably get fired for doing that on purpose. Talking to a verifier should remove you from all lists permanently, but it depends if they actually do it. They are supposed to, and I have seen them do it before, but they try to avoid it as much as they can. As has been said here before, never donate through a third party. Always give to your preferred charity directly. I hope I have been of use.
Guidestar has them listed http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-4293728/good-charity.aspx
The BBB put out a warning about them http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/01/bbb-alerts-do ... ity-fundraiser/
What happens when members of a fundraising firm start charities? Today’s Better Business Bureau press release questions the relationship between a Michigan charity and the fundraising firm it uses to raise money.
Good Charity Inc. is based in Michigan but is licensed to do business in 24 states. Good Charity’s founder, Brian J. Maiorana, formerly worked for Insight Teleservices, also of Michigan, a company that makes money soliciting donations for charities. That firm has an F rating with the BBB.
A contract between Good Charity and Insight calls for Insight to retain 85 percent of the funds it raises for the charity. In 2011, Good Charity reported that it received just $180,000 from the $1.4 million Insight raised on its behalf that year. The charity made grants of $75,000, or about five cents for each dollar in donations.
Good Charity is an umbrella organization for 10 related organizations with names suggestive of the kinds of causes or people they assist. The names include:
Terminally Ill Children’s Fund
United States Paralyzed Veterans Fund
Children’s Leukemia of America Fund
National Breast Cancer Awareness Fund
Disabled Veteran Wheelchair Games
Michigan Disabled and Paralyzed Veterans Fund
Disaster Relief and Aid Fund
Disabled and Paralyzed Veterans Fund
America’s Missing Children Fund
The Autistic Society Fund
The BBB has the following tips for donors:
If you are solicited by a telemarketer, ask the names of both the fundraiser making the call and the charity he or she is representing. Ask how much of your contribution goes to the charity and how much is retained by the fundraiser.
If you are solicited by mail, understand that a portion of your contribution may go to a for-profit company hired to run the campaign. Call the fundraiser or charity and ask how much of your money the charity will receive.
Contact the charity to find out how it uses donations from the public. Will it provide direct aid to families, buy medical supplies or be used for education or research?
Check the charity’s BBB Charity Review at www.bbb.org.
CharityWatch.org put out another warning about them http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/good_charity_cant_judge_by_name.html