Harassment by American Heart Association

Pappy

Pappy

Living the Dream
Location
Moved back to NY from Florida. 🤓 2025
Day and night...everyday the calls come in from this outfit. Three weeks now and no matter what I do, the calls keep coming. My answering machine is loaded with this junk. In doing some research on google, I’m finding out this is pretty much a scam. Maybe 10% goes to the cause, the other 90% goes in the pockets of the people setting up the calls. Maybe this is another good reason to take out landline and use just our cells. At least we can block the calls.
Anyone else plagued with these calls?
 

Yeah, been getting them as well. At least caller ID has their name. I usually Zap them, but doesn't stem the tide. A real "Heart" attack! Didn't realize the scope and scale of this SCAM....thanks, Pappy!

images
 
Most "charities" which make unsolicited phone calls are quite often a scam. Most of them spend more for "administrative costs" (lining someone's pockets), than they ever do for their supposed charity activities. If a person really wants to donate to a charity, they should do some research on sites such as charitywatch.org before donating. This site shows how much actually goes to the purported "cause". If this site doesn't show a breakdown of where the money goes, it's a pretty good bet that the Charity is a scam.
 
Cellphones aren't immune to this spam either, and yes, it is harassment Pappy:( I don't know if you've already found this page/site Pappy, or anyone interested (in need) but you might find something you can use here. The donotcallregistry might be of help. But honestly, I don't trust them either. Others might have had luck with them though, and might share here on the thread. I guess if your number is on their list, then telemarketers are not allowed to call you, something like that.

Also, Phishing, scamming and other "harassment" is covered on the site. Lots of "possibly" good information:

https://www.usa.gov/telemarketing
 
My phone has been ringing off the hook too by telemarketers like that too, but mostly Medicare advantage spammers, I'm on the no call list for years now, doesn't seem to matter.
 
https://800notes.com/

[h=1]8662111876[/h]




866 area code: Toll-free



Read comments below about 8662111876. Report unwanted calls to help identify who is using this phone number.

1234567...252627Next


  • 0​

    anon.png

    JB
    4 Jan 2011


    What charity paid out more then $134 million dollars for fund raising and informational materials?
    What charity calls you several times a day from 22 different 800 phone numbers?
    What charity uses robots to call you seven days a week?
    What charity calls you from 8:01 in the morning to 8:59 at night?
    What charity is exempt from the government “Do not Call” laws?
    What charity is exempt from caller ID in New York and many other States?
    What charity has over 3000 employees dedicated to begging for your money?
    What charity is actively recruiting people for the following positions: Call Forwarding, Dedicated Customer Support Teams, Donor Renewal, E-mail Box Management, Local Call Routing, Outbound Customer Cultivation, Outbound Lead Generation, Special Events Registration, Specialized Data Entry? What charity spent millions and millions in Washington supporting congressional plans for healthcare reform? It is the……… American Heart Association
    • Caller: American Heart Association

 
Time to dump the landlines.

With a cell phone you can get an app that does a really good job of blacklisting junk calls,
 
Do Not Call doesn't work for charities. It only blocks unsolicited calls from businesses.

My AT&T phone does give the option of blocking particular numbers. Pappy, if you can find out if yours does, that would probably take care of your problem.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top