Allegedly from the PA FOP....  Hard to believe that the PA FOP would employ a call center where people didn't speak English. Nevertheless,  I told them no, politely and they hung up...

got a call from this guy 12/3.  Asking for money for the Fraternal Order of Police.  Called the FOP in Harrisburg, and ( not surprisingly) its a scam.

This "call center" has been harassing me for years for a donation.  They call from dozens and dozens of different phone numbers, too many to put on block and yes, it is a scam.  Always best to donate directly to the source and not these go-between pirates.  So I just don't pick up when I see a weird # on the caller ID.

These scumbags ARE NOT from the FOP - it is a call center out of NJ that uses hundred of "local" numbers soliciting "donations".  I use the quotation marks because the call center keeps 90% or more of anything collected giving the FOP pennies.

Gives me a call usually every year around this time.  This will be the third year.   Seriously, if these scammers read this, they need to be a bit quicker on their answers, or get some new  believeable material.  I asked this rocket scientist some very simple questions concerning the FOP.  Had such a long silence on the other  end I thought the guy died mid scammer call.
Now I know why these dumb azzes are phone scammers then having a real job,  they're to stupid to be gainfully employed.  Of course, if this phone scammer's gig doesn't pan out they could always go into the adult entertainment industry, not much conversation there, just a lot of moaning, and heaving breathing.  I'm sure they could handle that.
So, anyway,  I tell super genius, no again, and what does he say, well he'll call again next year.  Umm, yeah OK you do that, its like almost getting a christmas card from that long lost relative.  Don't really care, but enjoy it just the same.