Posted on 10/12/2004 5:10:29 PM PDT by tirednvirginia
Just got a call from someone professing to be Bush /Cheney campaign headquarters. They thanked me for my help in the past and asked me for a donation of $150.00. I said I couldn't give that much and they asked what can I give and asked me to give them my credit card number. I declined and they said it wouldn't go on my credit card until the end of the month. I again said no and that I gave online through the website. He asked my for my email address and said I could give it online to an address he would send me. I again said NO, sorry. I think the scammers are out there, folks. Beware.
Nope, not any campaign would. I would report this to your local FBI, if they called you they probably call others. FBI could check it out.
i agree... that was a scandal ... maybe not from the Kerry Campaign, just some crooks looking to get some money off ya and fraud ya ... also watch out for people calling just to get three numbers off your credit card, three numbers off the back .. if they have your mailing address already and like a home number, they just need those three numbers, I read...they dont even have to have anything else...so rule of thumb, dont give out anything unless you are absolutely positive it is legit, you did a good job of asking for a website, etc...
I got a call to that effect, but used my best Laurel & Hardy scripting and proclaimed that I was financially embarassed!
That is how I would've handled it also... I tell them I don't do business over the phone and I contribute online or by mail only. I would've been suspicious myself.
That doesn't sound good. I haven't found the Bush/Cheney people to be that way.
There was some PAC that called me, being sort of that way. Pushy, I mean.
I think it was Newt's PAC.
Definite scam. Advise your states Attorney General consumer protection office
Send this to the RNC immediately!
This may be related to the computers that have been stolen from the different headquarters.
Scam....i've gotten many calls from bush/chenny..that's not their operating procedure...
bttt
"Just got a call from someone professing to be Bush /Cheney campaign headquarters. They thanked me for my help in the past and asked me for a donation of $150.00. I said I couldn't give that much and they asked what can I give and asked me to give them my credit card number"
Sounds bogus to me. Telemarketer was way too pushy.
First...if you don't have caller ID I'd *69 to see if you could retrace the number...I get a lot of calls from GOP organzations, GOP-PAC, etc, and they go through a three minute speel before asking if I'll contribute and never ask for a card number up front...the giveaway that this is a fraud was the "it won't hit till the end of the month" bit.
I would also be wary of PUSH-POLLS that the Dems will be doing Posing as Pubbies.
I do have caller ID and it was an 800 number.
I received the same call last night. The ID read "Out of Area". The gentleman stated that emergency funds were needed...began the call exactly as yours did thanking me for donations in the past. He had a difficult time taking no for an answer. I finally hung up on him. It has been bothering me since receiving the call, and now, with your post, I do believe it should be reported.
Crawdad's Wife
Also, the name is clearly identified on caller ID.....
Report this!!
Definetly report this. Start with local police, State Attorney General, and you may want to notify your local TV/Radio to warn people of the scam.
I have had the RNC, NRA, and the Bush campaign call me for money in this way asking me if I would like to donate over the phone. I said I didn't want to give my credit card info out, so they agreed to send me a form so I can mail them money. I did recieve the form and made my contribution that way (to the Bush campaign).
The reason they got my number to begin with though was I made a contribution early on (small one).
Once you contribute they got your name in their database and they will constantly barrage you with postal mail and phone calls. I get postal mail from the RNC almost every day. It's sickening.
I wish they got the message I won't give them any more money so they can stop wasting postage on me and use it towards something more productive.
But uh yeah, I suspect that is probably a legit phone call as that has happened to me as well. The reason it may say out of area on your caller ID is because the phone banks are likley to be in Washington DC, as on my caller ID it always comes up a 202 area code, which is DC.
Hit *67. You should be able to trace the call.
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