618-855-0185

This is  a total charity scam. The Ilinois police and fire department are forbidden by law from telephone solicitation. I contacted my local and state police offices. They confirmed that no police organization in illinois is placing any such calls.

Get a CPR or other call blocker. It has a 1200 entry blocker list.

It is illegal for Illinois police and fire departments to use telephone solicitations. Police do not call, but crimals can fake police charity calls!!!

This [***] keeps calling because I called him out on his scam. Number is located in E. StL, IL. Says his name is Keith Doughtery.

Call came thru as Illinois Police. Answering machine picked up but no message. They might as well ditch my number. I never answer the phone. I do however LOVE turning the numbers over to my pals in Law Enforcement. Local - County - State & Federal. I have a WIDE range of close friends in the right places

Got 2 calls in 2 weeks from this number. I let it go to voicemail and no message left. I called number back and got a message that it was disconnected. Call came from Collinsville,Il. SCAM!!

I get a call from these scammers a few times a week.  Caller ID says Illinois Police. Don't answer. If it was a REAL police office calling, they would be leaving a message!!

Scam/Scum

2:00pm, Another charity scam call. auto blocked.

they keep calling    what a joke  the Do Not Call list is.......

If we don't answer our answering machine will... so they will know that is a live #. So what should we do?

They don't understand to stop calling .  My ass state police !

618 855-0185 SCAM If it were legit, it would be "Illinois State Police" rather than "Illinois Police Department",  It's also not from a business line it's from a cell phone number.

Do not answer. And why can't the phone companies BLOCK this caller. I do not have this feature in my package. Thanks to everyone posting.

Just got a call from this number.  Caller ID said "Illinois Police".  I did not answer.  Caller left a brief message, said "Hi my name is Keith Dougherty, how are you doing today?"  Once he realized he was talking to my answering machine, he hung up.

My ID said "Illinois Police." I didn't answer. He said "Hi my name is Keith Douherty, how are you doing today?" as if he was actually talking to somebody!  I just laughed to myself.   SCAM !!!

"Would think that the phone companies could shut a number down that is reported to the Do Not Call list a thousand times."

A Democrat Congress enacted rules requiring phone companies to deliver all calls that were presented to them.

Just a couple of months ago, a Republican Congress passed legislation which allows phone companies to block calls.

However, the problem is not as easy as it sounds. Many scammers spoof the Caller ID.  For example, some of them now make it look like your own phone number is calling you.  Or they spoof important numbers, like those of large organizations or hospitals.  If the phone companies started blocking all numbers reported as being from scammers, then pretty soon ALL calls would be blocked.

Keep in mind that these scammers may be located outside the country and routing their calls through the internet.  It really can be difficult to block them, especially because of the caller ID spoofing I mentioned.

"I called number back and got a message that it was disconnected. Call came from Collinsville,Il. SCAM!!"

Never call back.

If a caller is legitimate, they'll leave a number and a message and they won't keep calling.

If the caller is a scammer, then the number may be spoofed, so if you do reach someone, it may be an innocent party or it might be a non-working number.

If the caller is a scammer and you do get a real phone number, then all you are doing is confirming that they reached a valid number - and they'll sell your number to other scammers.

There is zero benefit to calling back.

Also, the call may not have come from Collinsville. Scammers can spoof the caller ID to make it say ANYTHING they want.  The call may have actually come from Pakistan or China or...

The DNC list actually works very well - but it works only with legitimate telemarketers who actually abide by it.

Scammers don't follow the rules.  So don't blame the DNC list - there is only so much it can do.

Whomever, called Saturday afternoon.
Caller ID reads, Collinsville, IL.
After reading comments, most likely, the caller is another scammer collecting donations for 'fake' police. They've called before.