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Years ago I knew someone who worked at a scammy telemarketing company. Their most profitable "campaign" was raising money for an organization, I think it was ca
by lioeters 4y ago
Years ago I knew someone who worked at a scammy telemarketing company. Their most profitable "campaign" was raising money for an organization, I think it was called "the Fraternal Order of Police", which had no official association with the police.
For donations of up to $100, people would get a letter and a bumper sticker. The workers at the company was made up of teenagers, people straight out of prison, and poor people either homeless or on the verge.
Alcohol and drugs were consumed daily on the job. The "best" employees were assholes who pretended to be a police officer, and bullied the most number of people on the telephone to promise to send money. Likely only a few percentage of the donation actually went to the police. It was an ugly scene..
EDIT: A trick I heard is that if you tell them to "Take my name off of your list", they're legally obligated to do so. Whether it actually works - I doubt it.
- mikestew 4y agoI think it was called "the Fraternal Order of Police", which had no official association with the police. I don't know what defines "official", but the FOP is most definitely associated with the police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Police A trick I heard is that if you tell them to "Take my name off of your list", they're legally obligated to do so. Yeah, you can almost hear them in the background falling all over themselves as they hurry to remove your name when you utter those magic words. They might be legally obligated, but someone has to enforce it in order for it to be effective. You have good reason to doubt the effectiveness. :-)