Aug 24, 2015
Received a call from this number, and was surprised that it wasn't a recorded scam call. Person muttered something about collecting donations for the firefighting efforts (but didn't go into any details explaining who they were). Told them that I never give out credit card info over the phone, and was told that they would mail me information. However, the person claimed that I HAD to decide and commit to a certain donation amount, and that I would be handed over to the donation verification department. Gee, sounded so much like a scam - hung up when I was transferred to the verification department. Seems likely that the scammers would be now pretending to be collecting for firefighting efforts - as they are certainly criminals of opportunity. These days, one really cannot believe any claims made by someone who calls you (have received hundreds and hundreds of fake charity scam calls).