Called Thursday night February 24, 2016 at 7:26 pm EST. Caller ID shows a Charlotte NC area code. Does not leave a message. Most likely a sorry a** telemarketer of some type. Addresses dot come shows the number unlisted.
Friday, Feb 25, 11:15 am EST.
North Carolina Trooper's Association.
I didn't recognize or answer. I dialed number to see who answered.
A live voice, for a change, answered. Donate to a good cause.
Didn't answer but looked up info on North Carolina Trooper's Association. Only 14% of the donations to this organization actually go to the troopers according to North Carolina Charitable Solicitation Licensing Division Annual Report.
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Have received 2 calls from theses jerks, triggering my 'remedy' for them...
To wit... Placing their number on my Selective Forwarding List, a feature provided by our carrier [ also referred to as Exclusive Forwarding by some carriers ] which sends any future calls from listed numbers to my present 'favorite crap call recipient' [ see below ]...
FWIW, any of Y'all what got Selective or Exclusive Fwd'n capabilities with your carrier it's a really great way to divert unwanted calls and 'give back' to one of them AHs who's been particularly annoying to ya... or to say your State's AG's Consumer Affairs Office, or yer congresscritter, or... you get the idea... ';)
To be really effective you need to choose a 'recipient' for the Fwd'd calls that is at a real number, answered by a real person or answering machine / voice mail.
A return call to this number [ from a CID / CNAM Blocked phone ] I get a human voice w/ jes 'Hello', which I've found to be typical of the numerous numbers from which solicitations for the 'Troopers' are made, who never lv vm. I consider these jerks as scammers since the non-profit they purport to rep receives very little of the actual proceeds.
North Carolina Troopers Association has nothing to do with the Highway Patrol they are Scammers and Skimmers. why can't the Attorney general do something about it. here is an article from WRAL in 1999 and they are still getting away with this crap way to go our fearless government protectors of the people
A 1996 court order requires the Troopers Association to be very clear about who they are.
"It's not affiliated with the Highway Patrol. None of the money given to them goes to the Highway Patrol," said Hirsch.
The president of the organization, Charles Lindquist, told WRAL Wednesday that "No complaints have been brought to our attention."
Read more at http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/137760/#SrqklWaTHTbzixzp.99
'When WRAL asked about where the money goes, he said, "$200,000 or 20 percent of the money goes to us, whichever is greater."
The rest of the money goes to the company making the phone calls for Lindquist's non-profit group. The experience has left Johnson with a bad taste for phone solicitors.
Read more at http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/137760/#SrqklWaTHTbzixzp.99