The Company that is making these calls for the Shriners used to be called Cunningham and Moore, but it now goes by the name Agente Communications; even though many of the older callers still use the name Cunningham and Moore on the phone. Their main phone number is 972-702-8600. If you call that number, someone in the processing department will answer the phone and you can ask to speak to whoever you need to, and they will transfer you. They do call nationwide, raising money for many of the local Shriners. Some people may call this a Shriner scam, Shriners scam, or Shriners telemarketing scam. I'm just going to list some of the facts as they stand to the best of my knowledge in 2013 and let you be the judge as to how you feel about your donations to this company calling for the Shriners.

The actual truth is that they have "cold callers" and "tap callers". A cold caller is a person who starts out with the company or who has been there a while and hasn't proven their sales ability yet. A cold caller basically calls cold off from a lead list that is organized by zip code. Cold callers call people who have never donated before (however, some of the numbers may include those who have but just by chance) in the hopes that they can get a donation. Once a cold caller gets a person to commit to giving a donation that donor then becomes a tap. A tap is basically a lead of a person who has donated before, a prior donor for the company. These taps, leads, are stored in a different database from then on out, and on your receipt you will see your tap number in the upper left or upper right hand part of the receipt. All the older receipts used to end with either just a number, or the letters top or bull depending on how valuable a donor you were. now they took the letters of and they end with no letters or just the letter t or b so donors would stop asking what that meant. Now a tap caller is a caller who has proven their sales ability and only calls taps, which are prior donors. Again there are different levels of taps depending on how valuable a donor you are: there are "room taps", "top taps", "bull taps", and even taps in what is called "the premier database".

As far as pay for callers is concerned, all callers are guaranteed to get $10 and hour as a base or commission, whichever is higher at the end of the week. The caller gets 35% of every "cold sale" made. So that means that if you have never donated to this company before then you are a cold sale and the caller gets 35% of your donation. As far as taps are concerned, the caller gets 20% of every "tap sale" made. Again, that means that if you have donated to this company then you are a tap sale and the caller gets 20% of your donation. Unfortunately it gets much worse sounding than that though, because most callers are not good enough on the phones to commission at the end of the week, so they just make the $10 per hour. What that means to you is that if a person only raised $800 in donations for the whole week, and that person worked 40 hours, then that caller made a paycheck of $400; and, therefore, that caller alone got 50% of your donation. Keep in mind that that is just the pay to the individual caller and there is a whole office of staff, office rent, etc, etc,.

So you may be wondering how much the top callers at Agente communications make? Well, there are about 5 bulls at this time at Agente Communications. A "bull" is what they call their very top callers. A few of these bulls consistently pull paychecks of $4,000 to $7,000 each and every week. Yes, you read that correctly, and I did not typo and add an extra zero by accident. I have repeatedly and first hand seen their paychecks and seen their weekly tmr report, which is a report off the donations they brought in. So for you big donors out there, listen up: if you donate $1,000 to a shrine circus or hospitals, then that caller you are on the phone with is guaranteed top get 20% of your thousand; again, factually if you donate $1,000 to a shrine circus or hospital or even a shrine golf tournament, $200 of your $1,000 check is going right into the pocket of the caller that is on the phone with you. Believe me I know I have been that caller many times.

So there are some of the facts as far as pay is concerned with the company called Agente Communication, formerly called Cunningham and Moore. I am thinking about starting a website describing the full range of my knowledge of this company in the hopes of giving donors a more informed decision of where their money is going. I will do so if some of you who reply on here would think you would be interested in seeing a website fully detailing this company and how it is run to the best of my knowledge. just reply to this message with your opinion.

By as I said this company calls over many parts of the country for local Shrines, raising money for their circus' and also hospitals, as well as the shrine charity golf tournaments. Here is a short list of many of the local Shrines that we called for while i worked there, along with the local Shrine name, its location, and the caller ID number that may have been in use at that time (keep in mind they change these numbers frequently to keep donors on their feet:

Hella Shrine Ciircus  (Dallas) and Shriners Hopsitals 972-702-2955 (however they have a few more numbers and i don't have them written down.

Al Amin Shrine Circus (Kingsville, Victoria, Hidalgo, Beeville, Alice, and Corpus Christie, Texas) 361-225-2584

Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Circus (Springfield, MO) not sure of the caller id number

Alcazar Shrine Circus (Montgomery, AL) 334-264-1104

Al Chymia Shrine Circus (Memphis, TN) 901-387-0448

Alhambra Shrine Circus (Chattanooga, TN) 423-892-9266

Al Menah Shrine Circus (Nashville, TN) 615-262-2502

Alzafar Shrine Circus (San Antonio, Seguine, Laredo, Texas) 210-892-0006

Beja Shrine Circus (Green Bay, Neenah, Shawano, Waupaca, and other cities, WI) 920-497-0079 and 920-494-3401

Ben Hur Shrine Circus (Austin, TX) 512-646-0025

Elf Khurafeh Shrine Circus (Lansing, Flint, and Saginaw, MI) 810-686-7411

El Kahir Shrine Circus ( Cedar rapid, Iowa City, Mason City, IA) 319-804-1750

El Karubah Shrine Circus (Shreeveport, LA)  318-631-9335

El Maida Shrine Circus (El Paso and Odessa, TX) 915-351-3794 and 915-351-3566

Jerusalem Shrine Circus (Thibodeaux and New Oleans, LA) 985-725-9333

Kaaba Shrine Circus (Davenport, IA) 563-359-6354

Maskat Shrine Circus (Wichita Falls, TX) 940-766-3700

Karem Shrine Circus (Waco, TX) 254-420-0091

Orak Shrine Circus (Richton Park, IL) 219-886-9650

Rizpah Shrine Circus (Bowling Green, Owensboro, Hopkinsville, KY) 270-843-0340

Suez Shrine Circus (Midland, San Angelo, and many other cities, TX) 325-949-0009

Tripoli Shrine Circus (Milwaukee, Antigo, Fond Du Lac, Sheboygan, Union Grove, West Bend, WI) 414-443-0441, 920-497-0079

Zelzah Shrine Circus (Las Vegas, NV) 702-366-9150

Zuhrah Shrine Circus (Minneapolis, MN) 612-379-1011

OK that is a list of most of the Shrine Circus' that this company has called for while i worked there. Oh and by the way they also call for the AMVETS over many parts of the country, and the Dallas Sherifs posse (which they are currently using as a sponsor for Christmas supplies since they lost the Jaycees contract for it). So if you donate to the Shrine Circus or hospitals through this company then you will become a tap, and you will be called for the AMVETS or any other charity that this company holds a contrat for in your area. And, yes, the pay structure is the same for these other charities also.

So there you have it. That is the facts as I know them to the best of my knowledge at the time of this writing. I still want to make a free website that exposes all the rest of this company as well as the lifestyle of the top callers there and how your precious donations are spent (Such as the one who feels that it is necessary to wear several thousands of dollards worth of clothes every day and has multiple expensive vehicles that are all customized). I hope this message on this board proves valuable to those who are thinking about making donations to the Shriners through this telemarking company.

They want donations.. They won't stop calling you either.  Unless you donate.  Then they will leave you alone for a little while.

I get calls from this number at home and in the office.  They will not take you off the call list.  Most of the time it's Shriners, sometimes local police or shop a cop etc....

They call multiple times per day at my office and it appears as C Moore and sometimes comes up as Private.  There is another number that has 635 in lieu of 631 and it is from the same company.  I have asked to be removed and they still call.  They have called for Shreveport Police, Shop with a Cop, Shriners, Bossier City Police, and others.  Everyone in the office now knows that when these 631 or 635 numbers appear on caller ID, not to answer and let it go to voicemail.  Remarkably, they never leave a message.

they have been calling our office for years and will not stop. i am going to file a complaint with the attorney general.

do not give them anything. i worked for them many years and made very good money. i know how much there best callers make per week. most of them are felons or homeless trom the salvation army and really need the opportunity'. but unfortunatly , most are ket go within the first week. not everyone can lie as well as their tested pros can. the supervisor was actualy hired from salvation army. he was one of the few who begged chris moore for his job. most folks wont.he bragged on selling ice and never getting caught. another druggy. i know how much my paycheck was, and i cant see how they could possibly pay the charity anything at all. well long story short, i refused to work nights, weekends,holidays[ nonly got paid commision for holidays, if i ever got paid for them] and they had to ease me on out. after years!  well screw them. i hope they get caught for the scam they really are.

I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER. THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE OUR NUMBER OFF THE CALL LIST AND SAID THEY WOULD. OF COURSE THEY DID NOT. LATEST CALL WAS ON APRIL 20, 2009 AT 6:15 P.M.

I just had a call from a woman that called from this number.  She was as sweet and kind when asking for money for the shriners circus and then I said I couldn't she then in a rude voice said, well God Bless you and have a good day as fast as she could and hung up on me.. how funny..

Keeps calling us and the name is c Wagner who is this person!!

I received a  call tonight from 318-631-9335 requesting I help send children to camp for the Shrine Circus. I told him I have been diagnosed with a terrible lung disease and am not up to thinking about it right now. He never said I'm sorry or I'll call another time. He said mam, I don't want to stress you, but these children need your help. Very thoughtless person.

I have been receiving calls from this number for about 8 months.  Calls come twice a night 7:15 and 9:50.  My wife answered once and it was a solitation for money.  He is persistent, but so am I....NO ANSWER DE PHONEE

Caller I.D. reads C Wagner.  It might be a land line in Caddo parish.  Probably a scammer.  I do not know anyone with that name.  I do not answer calls, if  I do not know both the number, name and have an idea about what the call is for fefore answering.  Best thing to do is ignore and do not answer these kind of calls.  Any friend, family or call that is good will get in touch.

Had a voice mail from a lady named "Ruthie" asking me to call to help her with a special project.  It's a local Shreveport number, but our business doesn't get these types of calls.  I looked on the internet before calling. Reverse lookup showed "C Moore" and that's how I found this site.  I hope we're not going to be bothered further, and I'm not calling "Ruthie".

I have been receiving calls from C Moore for over a year. I have repeatedly asked to be removed from their list. Cals will stop for a month and then begin again, weekly and daily. Some of the solicitors get quite bullying when asked to stop calling. I will be reporting them to the Texas Attorney General.

Here is the information I have gathered:

Number comes up as B Cunningham now but is still listed as C Moore.  The physical address listed is:
3852 MILTON SHREVEPORT LA 71109.  The property is owned by George Joseph Jacques III since 2007.  They called stating they were with they were calling about the bossier city police department to sponser a child, then called back and stated they were with some other company.  This activity seems suspicious so I investigated further.  I will update post future updates as I learn more.  These people need to be stopped.  THIS IS A SCAM.

This number is on my caller id at least 2 to 3 times a day.  No one ever leaves a message.

This guy keeps calling our office, he is polite but he calls over and over and over again. Like every 15 minutes and won't take no for an answer

have received several calls from this c moore at  number 6319335. first call was asking for donation to the sheriff dept. second was for shriners and i told them to take my number off the call list. the lady said yes maam. on march 20,2009 at 7:30 p.m. received another call.

someone very rude called and asked for the name our phone is listed under.  we list it under my maiden name since my husband is a physician.  it was obvious he was a telemarketer and was very rude when I told him he had the wrong number.... not sure what he wanted but was too rude about it.

Wanted donation to send kids to Shrine Circus in Nashville, TN.    Found out this is a fundraising company (Cunningham Moore, Inc.) calling from Dallas, TX and donations to them are NOT tax deductible. And most of the donations received will go to the fundraising company for "fees and expenses."