The person who rang on this number 54801369 today asked my mother to put CASH in an envelope and send it. That does not sound like a legitimate charity or fundraiser to me. I wish she got their address!!

That is completely untrue. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Why doesn't somebody do something about these harrassing calls from telemarketers and "fundraisers". Enough.

If you paid any attention to the information provided you would know that charities are not included in the "Do Not Call Register"

Number 2 of the FAQ section is as below

2. Will registering my number stop all telemarketing calls and marketing faxes?

No, registration won't stop all calls and faxes. Some public interest organisations (e.g. registered charities, political parties and educational institutions) can still call numbers listed on the register. This ensures these organisations can continue to provide valuable services to the community.

If you have an existing relationship with a business, it can still contact you, but you can advise them you do not wish to receive telemarketing calls or marketing faxes from them in the future.

I help my local services out and give money and time to them and worked as volunteer 40 years every telly marketer I get I ask do you do what you are doing for free or are you being paid for it by the time I Lyell them what I do they mostly hang up , but if they don't I say you could be any one . I never never never give out my card details to some one who rand me , and after having my criedt card hacked by over seas people buy online shoes I'm even more car full than be fpre I'm am never going to give out my details and you should not too cheers

Rang 2 consecutive days. Didn't leave a message thankfully.

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why do they ring up and then hang up without talking? This is a standard process of a telemarker, whether they are a charity or not. And don't be fooled, those telemarketers that work for charities are usually on a $100,000 + income, depending on how much they bring in! They aren't working for free. Ask them how much they earn.

they rang me today and hanged up

7:10 pm friday night get phone call from rural fire brigade asking for money ..I enquire about how they got my number .woman tells me that they bought my number from a numbers broker but is unable to advise which company this is .How can someone I don't know sell my unlisted phone number .

While I do support the work of the Rural Fire Brigades and have donated in the past (not over the phone), the rentless calls and harrasment from these people just a turn-off and makes you not want to donate. And how do I know they are who they say. They are very aggressive so now just ignore the number

I understand that this may well be the rural fire brigade needing urgent funds but surely they have to understand that people have busy lives and do not want to be running to the phone all the time....maybe they better find a better and more effective way to raise the money they need!
I appreciate what these people out fighting fires as volunteers do....just not the time wasting calls.

I have asked charties such as red cross, save the children, and the heart foundation, to name a few, to take my name off there call list several times and they still continue to call, the should be on the do not call register too!! but I agree the governmet should help them more so they don't have to be wasting money calling people for money!

You are like all the rest....couldn't careless about peoples privacy , just continue to annoy with these stupid phone calls where no one speaks.

Perhaps the brigade should be done away with as like the police you're never around when wanted.

People are good hearted and do donate their hard earned cash but get fed up when they see this money being squandered on these silly calls!

I have requested to have number removed from the register...to no avail!

I am fed up of answering the phone, getting no reponse except after a few seconds the 'click' of the caller hanging up!!

I called this number and had an automated voice directing me to call (07) 5480 5130. I then called the number given and spoke to an appolgetic lady who informed me there must be a 'time lag'. I told her I thought it strange to have such calls as I don't have any problem except sometimes with overseas calls.

Reading these blogs here there seems to be a lot of others with the same 'time lag'!

I have requested my number to be removed from their system of which I was assured she was doing so as we chatted and if there are any future calls I will be reffering it to my MP. This stupid system I find very exasperating!

I will not donate over the phone! How do I know these people are who they say they are.

If you give any of these so called charities money they will pass your number on to every other beggar out there don't do it your phone will ring non stop. I donated to the police once they gave my number to the ses, fire brigade, life savers too many to remember but three calls a day every day for a year now these clowns are ringing again. NEVER AGAIN, blocked

I certainly will not make a donation over the phone, how do I know it is who they say they are. I donate to my local organisation when I want to and not from begging phone calls. These people like the Red Cross and RSPCA should be ashamed of themselves for utalising good hearted peoples donations this way!!

And as for asking these people to take me off their calling register, it is simply ignored.

Maybe it is some smart telemarketer earning lots of money somehow making it appear that they have reached so many people and earning great bonuses at our frustration, calls came in every day at 10:30 for a week, then following week 12:30. It is a shame I just can't get a voice on the other end because the hang up is very well timed, and to tell them thank you we have in the past kindly donated but choose to vary our charities , so please stop.

15 calls in 2 days. Not appropriate. Blocking the number

I screen all unknown callers through my answering machine and when this number called earlier today, all I could hear was a lot of talking and laughter from a number of people in the background. If this is indeed a charity, they certainly appear to waste a lot of time mucking about instead of doing what they're paid to do.