I received a call from a live caller in a boiler-room environment who asked for me by name but had trouble hearing my response. He then switched over to a recording giving a sales pitch. This seems to be a way to get around the anti-robocall regulations and conveniently makes it impossible to request that the third-party telemarketer stop calling.
The recorded sales pitch was for the National Police & Trooper Association, who claim to support the families of fallen police officers. They're actually a nonprofit, but they're not a charity: it's the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO, and according to their filing with the Utah Division of Consumer Protection, zero percent of the money the collect actually goes to the program. Additional research shows that the Tampa Bay Times named them one of America's worst "charities": http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charit ... ciations-afl-ci
Caller: InterNational Police & Trooper Association
Call Type: Telemarketer
I received a call from a live caller in a boiler-room environment who asked for me by name but had trouble hearing my response. He then switched over to a recording giving a sales pitch. This seems to be a way to get around the anti-robocall regulations and conveniently makes it impossible to request that the third-party telemarketer stop calling.
The recorded sales pitch was for the National Police & Trooper Association, who claim to support the families of fallen police officers. They're actually a nonprofit, but they're not a charity: it's the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO, and according to their filing with the Utah Division of Consumer Protection, zero percent of the money the collect actually goes to the program. Additional research shows that the Tampa Bay Times named them one of America's worst "charities": http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charit ... ciations-afl-ci
Caller: InterNational Police & Trooper Association
Call Type: Telemarketer
Caller type: Telemarketer
Company: InternNational Police Trooper Association
Number: 435-868-3158