Ron,

Excellent information, thanks. I received a second call from a different area code (also from MD). I knew it was him but didn't bother to answer the phone. I retrieved the voicemail and all I got was some guy who said "hello" 2 or 3 times then hung up. But I did recognize his voice. How he missed the fact that he was directed to voicemail is beyond me, but whatever.

At this point, all this really amounts to is a couple of nuisance calls and the person calling me never identified himself by name or by organization so I don't know if DNC even applies here.

I called the FTC and was told that the phone numbers I provided will go into a database for someone to perform trend analysis. Geez, how much effort is it to have someone pick up the phone and call this guy?

So the FTC told me to contact the State Attorney General. I called and they said the best they could do is send a letter to the caller if I can provide a mailing address.

It kind of reminds me of a situation where some guy went to the SEC and handed the investigators a flashlight and a map to Bernie Madoff's office and TOLD THEM he was STEALING MONEY from investors. So they went to his office and came back totally clueless. Obviously a different set of circumstances here, but this potentially involves millions of dollars being stolen from hapless doners.

He obviously won't get any money out of me but I would like to help shut this guy down.

I can't believe this stuff even happens.

I receiced a call on a Sunday. I simply answered the phone and said hello. The guy on the other end just pronounced a name as if a friend was calling me and recognized my voice.

I said "you have the wrong number," so he asked if I was the owner of the house and I asked "why do you need to know?" So he said "OK, I'll call back later" and just hung up. What's up with that?

I called back on my cell phone and a guy answered and said "This is the FOP, thank you for calling us again." Again??? Really.

He then said that in order to assist me he had to record the conversation. I asked why he needed to do this and he said it was for my protection. Can you believe this? I would have expected the usual "for quality assurance and training" nonsense you always get.

So I said "For my protection? What do I need to be protected from?" He revised that to say that the recording was so that we would be on the same page. OK, not sure what that means either.

And during this time he is very persistent about recording the call so I kept stalling him a little bit by asking him what he does but he wouldn't tell me. He said that if I wasn't OK with the recording he would have to terminate the call. So I hung up.

If this was really the FOP, why the bizarre initial phone call, and why the evasive response when I called back? I would assume that if this was really the FOP, I would have been treated with courtesy.

Is it legal to misrepresent yourself? Any ideas?

I just got  call from this number, I said hello and it took a min. then a gentleman's voice get's on and said my last name and I said yeah mind you it's Sunday evening around 6:30ish then he proceed to tell me that he was calling from Carroll County Police and they need my donation and he was going to mail me out some info but I have to pay for postage can he count on my donation. I said mail me the info and then he said well can I count on your donation of $10.00 to cover postage , I said send me info then he said can I count on you I said no he said why I said I don't know if this is fake or not then he said good bye

Fantastic and beautiful... thank you.

Received call from this number and talked with the caller, a male whose name i did not record. I queried him about who he was and what he wanted. He explained that he is a paid fundraiser for the Fraternal Order of Police. This was after he brought me to laughter by initially stating that he was calling to remind me not to drink and drive. Now that was most funny. After I told him that I don't respond to telephone solicitations, I did asked him the most hard question about what is he going to do about the Lord Jesus Christ as I would not want him to go to hell. He responded that he already has experience hell by having been married to his ex-wife. I responded his marriage was practice and not hell. I gave him homework, to get his Bible, read and memorize Romans 10:9-10 and then read the whole chapter. He apparently recorded the homework assignment as he asked me to repeat the assignment. He then tried a different approach to getting a donation. I asked him if he remembered what I told him about me not responding to telephone solicitations. He soon said he had to go. I share this for the purpose of showing that while telephone solicitors attempt to get the solicited to buy their sales pitch, the solicited should make their sales pitch to the solicitors. Solicit the solicitors to give to you, your favorite charity, or what ever you desire. Why not ask them to pay your car note, rent, mortgage, church. Hey,ask the solicitor to donate to your dress fund, your child's college fund, or something.

FOP...How many times do you have to tell them NO!!!!! can i call the cops to have them stop bothering me!

These people need to stop bothering us. The phone company makes money by selling your number, and unless you get it private right at the beginning, then your number is out there for all these types.

I called the number back and it's someone asking for money from the FOP.  When I called back, they already knew who I was, first and last name, and proceeded to try to get me to donate.  When I said I was only calling to find out who was behind the number, the man said, "Oh.  Well can we still count on you to donate?"  I said nope, not with those tactics, and hung up.

I just received a call from this number.  No one spoke; I just got silence... until I said I had caller ID and would reporting the number, then they hung up.

DO NOT CALL

I do not want to received any calls from you

I received a call today and I loathe recv incorrect phone calls.Left no messag,also had wrong name.

I have received a few calls from this number. They do not have a correct name, and refuse to leave any information. Even though they have an incorrect name, they continue to call.