Who Called Us

I am the past commander of the Vietnam EOD Veterans Assoc and have given to the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Inc for years, until this year. Since I had never come across this group in doing vets assistance or other charity work I decided to check them out and it is all a scam. When I didn't send my pledge in this year they called back and I ask the gal what they did and she rattled off a few things and when I told her I new it was a scam she hung up pronto.
I don't think I would want to piss off a bunch of Vietnam vets and have one of them find me

I have been recieving at least two calls a day from the fraternal order of police asking for a donation. So far I have had no luck in getting them to stop. But here is the most unsetteling thing. I have learned that they are prob. getting your number from the Do Not Call list. They are a not for profit org., so the do not call list does not apply to them. They are also able to purchase numbers from the gov dnc list, which you can actually read on the Do Not Call list disclousures.

I often donate clothes and other items to the Vietnam Vets and have been donating to the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Inc. for a few years. When I spoke to a represenative from the donation program, I told her about a very rude man who called about a late donation. She told me that the Vietnam Veterans do not solicit money donations. Now, I have sent them a $20 check. Who can I contact regarding this scam. My e-mail address is dsrspring@yahoo.com. Thanks,

Good grief, stop already...they don't even respond when I answer. I'd like to kick someone in the balls for this crap!

They had called two other times - wanting a donation - I asked them to MAIL me a donation request.
It didn't come. They said they had sent it twice. I asked for an address to mail my donation to - they wouldn't provide one. Sound vary fishy to me. I tried to look thwem up on the Web - nothing but this site.
Are they legit??

There are a lot of FOP Lodges. The 41 is out of Springfield, IL

They call daily. Caller ID says Unknown Name, Unknown Number. They act as if they know my husband, as a friend, but I know better. We dealt with these guys back in Colorado. Now, the calls have followed us to Illinois. In Colorado they used to harass me terribly when I refused to give money. My husband made the mistake of giving once and we cannot get off of their list. They call each day, I usually don't pick up. If I do, sometimes they hang up, once in a while ask for my husband (pretending to be a friend) and I say, "This is the fraternal order of police isn't it?" Then, they hang up. I want to know how to get the calls to STOP period. One time I asked them to take us off the list, but that didn't work, they keep calling.

I called the number Luthien S. put up here (217-328-0103). The man I talked to was very polite and took my information and said that he's apologizes for any inconvenience. This is very unlike the guy that continues to call my place of work asking for my boss. I had no idea who it was, and he scared the hell out of my the first couple times. Hopefully this works and I won't be hearing from him again but we'll see. Good luck to the rest of you.

I told him to send me stuff, and he said "don't hold your breath".

Does anyone know who calls from 847-626-9589 and ids themselves as viet nam vets.

If it is helpful to any internet searchers to stop these idiots from calling your residence numerous times a day the phone number posted is for the Illinois area, but still call because they will fax the message to the central headquaarters to have you placed on the Do Not Call List! I just got off the phone with a supervisor by the name of RANDY! Maybe I will not be annoyed anymore!

These organizations need to stop being anonymous when calling homes, to add to injury they place numerous phone calls a day. I have estimated two to four times a day, please....stop!

Fraternal order of police keep calling even after being told i am not donating any money. Can I get a donation? I can barely pay my bills and they want money. The least they can do is respect me when I say no and stop calling. they make good money. No menas no!

This is yet another tentacle of Xentel DM: pownetwork.org

I live in NE and the calls just keep coming. I emailed the local FOP and they assured me the number would be removed. The calls keep coming. They ask for my wife and when I tell them to remove me from the list, the harassment begins. They just keep asking for her and giggle like they're 15 and disobeying their mother. Who do you call to report this ingrates for harassment?

I called this number to remove me from the do not call list.

ilfop.org

If there was a problem with the experience, or you feel some additional action can be taken, please call toll-free 1-800-233-0168, for immediate assistance.

I never answer numbers of unknown origin.

This moron has been calling my house for about a month, often several times a day. He asks for my husband by name, as though he's a long lost friend, as though my husband would befriend such an imbecile. He persisted despite my husband's request that he stop, and when I (not so politely) demanded he stop calling, he then attempted to circumvent me and reach my husband by blocking his number. His oops. We have privacy manager. :)

So when Privacy Manger insists the caller provide his identity, he shouted, "[Name], PICK UP THE PHONE."

Unreal. As though his harassing insults would finally charm my husband into picking up the phone and siding with an idiotic stranger over his own wife.

Lo.Ser.

These people call constantly ans ask for me and I either don't answer or my husband says I am not here. Have answered and they are Vietnam vets....They just called a little bit ago and my husband said I am not here. This is like harrassment.

Sry if any of this is redundant:

Okay these bastards have a weak point: their heart.

The 4300 number is a fake number that they use through the government to make it difficult for them to be tracked by us.

The FOP is a political fundraising organization and therefore are exempt from the Do Not Call List.

If you want these calls to stop like I did and you live in Illinois, call 217-328-0103 which is their headquarters in Urbana and just ask them to take you off their list. They will get a little bit of your info to verify and you will be off it in 72 hours. If not, then report them to the FCC. :) Hope this helps.

Allowed answering machine to pick up. No message left

Well they called me for the second time and were again, rude. I reported them for violating the national do not call list. What is wrong with these people?

Please stop calling for money, don't have any myself. Thank you.

I recieved a call telling me it was a fund raiser for ILLINOIS VIET NAM VETERANS.I asked for a phone number,which he gave me. I then told him I was with Viet Now and we have our own fund raisers. He thanked me and hung up.

I also got a call New Year's day. If I pick it up it hangs up. I also filed a complaint on Do Not Call List. I think they've called before.

They called three times on News years Day! I didn't answer, found this site - thanks.

They are very persistent. I think they've called my house 20 times. We have callerid and just do not answer.

They hung up on me when I answered the phone.

The Illinois FOP has a real office in Western Springs Illinois. Call them and ask if they do telemarketing from that 309 number.

(708) 784-1010

Probably a scam. A Google search for this phone number matches it to one on an ISP's dial-up number list. Free Internet Connection dot com. It's hard to believe that any reputable organization would have an ISP's dial-up number as their own. They're probably spoofing the Caller-ID box with this bogus number.

If by chance this is really the FOP looking for donations, reporting them to the FTC for a DNC violation would be useless. Non-profits are exempt from the Do Not Call list. I played it safe and reported them anyway.

This has to be a phone scam. I can't believe the FOP would use such tactics.

I reported them for violating the national do not call list. This is the second time they have tried to call me. I reported them both times.

This retard called with a smoker's hack and a redneck tone to his voice and then hung up when I asked who is calling. If this the FOP then I don't want to have anything to do with Bloomington Police. But then, I never did anyway!

Wow talk about RUDE! Just got a call to donate money for the Veterans Fund....I told him I was sorry, but had already given this season to organizations of my choice and he got mad and hung up. I'm a poor college student with NO money, what a jerk!!!!!

These guys findout your name and then call and ask for you as if they were your personal friend and they've know you for years. If you ask who's calling, they will say something like: "Tell him it's Tim". An unsuspecting spouse then thinks it is a legitimate personal call and passes the call to their spouse when usually they shield each other from pesky phone solicitors. These Frat order of police call are unusually skilled and use every technique in the book (compassion, fear, dominance, u name it) to get you to fork over some cash.

They called me at 11:22am for the first time. I am a new home owner and the first 30 days here has been nothing but telemarketers.

Thanks, John. There oughta be a law.....

This is the Fraternal Order of Police Fund Raising call number, in Bloomington, IL