# Is Anybody Getting these kind of Scam Calls?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-getting-these-kind-of-scam-calls/973389>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-getting-these-kind-of-scam-calls/973389 "2022-10-17T21:54:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yelnick\_McWawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-getting-these-kind-of-scam-calls/973389/21 "2023-02-26T10:37:42Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> Lately 100% of the scam calls I’ve been getting are people claiming to be collecting money for [the police](https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2022/police-charity-scam.html) and [breast cancer](https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-breast-cancer-charity-is-the-big-new-scam-in-politics).

The calls I get start out by talking about police, fire fighters and breast caner. In the end, they are collecting money for a PAC (political action committee) to support legislators who support the police and breast cancer. Therefore, the funds can go to any politician (even those you oppose) because every politician supports the police and breast cancer to some extent.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-getting-these-kind-of-scam-calls/973389/22 "2023-02-26T18:24:44Z")

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> [@Yelnick\_McWawa](#):
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> The calls I get start out by talking about police, fire fighters and breast caner. In the end, they are collecting money for a PAC (political action committee) to support legislators who support the police and breast cancer.

We got a snail-mail version of this a while back. The return address was somewhere in Wisconsin and the name mentioned supporting police. While I had Informed Delivery open, I looked them up via Google and found that they _are_ a PAC for Republicans. Whatever that was went straight from the mailbox to the trash.

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