531-201-1327

Caller said his name was Sam and calling on behalf of some sheriffs organization.  Could he count on me for a small donation.  I asked him why I would want to donate to an organization in Nebraska when I live in another state.  He hung up on me.  so rude .....  Scamming for credit/debit card info

Caller ID: POL OFFICERS
Hung up after the tone. Definitely a scam. Block.

Trolling for credit card info supposedly on behalf of Police Dept., even those th the police dept has no clue they are raising money here in NC

Scammer number. Caller I'd says Pol Officers but they live thousands of miles from me. I talked to local law enforcement years ago & they say they NEVER call citizens and ask for money for any reason.

Caller ID said Pol Officers  and no where near our area code, wife says they called her cell # 2 days ago with same scam claiming to help local policeman's families, how can they be local with a 531 area code???. I know some cops and they say they never call for donations. SCAM- SCAM - SCAM!!!

CID Omaha NE. Must have been reported as a scam since my free automated call blocking service blocked it.

The very same thing just happened to me in Louisiana.

scam caller...

There have been several telephone scams in which the caller tries to elicit a "yes" answer from the called person.  Those scams have been around for at least four years.  Why is it that the "say yes" scam has suddenly been one of the favorite warnings for some posters here?

Snopes states there are NO verified reports of people actually getting charged solely because of their "yes" answer.
http://www.snopes.com/can-you-hear-me-scam/

Do you have any PROOF people have lost money because of the supposed "say yes scam"?  No, we do not want links to more warnings that one MIGHT lose money if they say "yes" ... we want links to validated statements that somebody DID lose money simply because they said "yes", without giving the caller their ID or financial information.

Interesting observation:      
Several posters claimed the "say yes" scam caused multiple people to suffer financial loss, but could NOT give us reputable citations or  links to prove that contention, and did NOT state how people lose money if they do not give card or bank or specific, critical ID information to the caller!

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I received a call this evening from Sam posing as a member of the Police Officer Alliance for Fallen Officers asking for a small donation. He hung up abruptly so I called him back. He sounded very 'southern' and just kept asking me if I'd send a 'small' contribution when I simply asked him to send me information about his organization. I told him I'd need information and then he said I should support fallen officers.

Person is a scammer

This is about the third different phone number to call here in the past month from supposed police charities.
They all hang up on the answering machine.
Caller ID says "POL OFFICERS".
I never blindly believe that people claiming to be a charity really are one. And even if they are a "real" charity, the police might see 5 cents out of every dollar donated, if they're lucky, the rest probably goes to the company doing the collecting.

"Hi this is Sam, how are you?" My response: "Hey Sam, you called me last week and I told you not to call me any more." Sam: *click*
"Sam" also called from 978-237-9648 (Pol Alliance) 9/7/17  and 531-201-1327 (Pol Officers) 9/5/17. Definitely one of those hero charity scams!