James J. Fotis, the kingpin behind illegal police fundraiser scams

Carrier: HD Carrier
Answers as: “Police Officers Committee”
Agent: “Charles,” “Natalie”

The scammers sent an illegal robocall to my cell phone, which is on the do-not-call list, to try and get me into making a $50, $75 or $100 payment to the Committee for Police Officers’ Defense, which is listed as operating out of 10521 Judicial Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030.

The scammers also operate as the Police Officers’ Defense Coalition under the leadership of James J. Fotis, who also serves as

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His scam has been reported to scammer.info several times in the past, as well as in the news, where it was reported that most of the money raised doesn’t go to police officers, but the telemarketers who made the illegal robocalls.

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Associated Phone Numbers:

  • (888) 663-0020 (Inteliquent, answers as the “fundraising helpline”)
  • (855) 286-2816 (Comet Media, parked for pick-a-scam)
  • (754) 264-8485 (Google Voice)
  • (703) 261-9762 (Google Voice)
  • (202) 964-3536 (Google Voice)

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These guys are the worst

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Great research as always @OfclyGoodenough, appreciate the time and effort you put in.

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  • (855) 286-2816 (Comet Media, parked for pick-a-scam)

  • I’m having a lot of fun playing with these hundred-dollar gift card man I was wasting this guy’s time for 3 hours I know this is 100% scam I wish I could have recorded that conversation

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It appears that this James Fotis piece of shit has been running this scheme for quite some time. I found an article from 10 years ago about this asshole:

Are robo-calls from the ‘Committee for Police Officers’ Defense’ (aka 9 other names) a scam? | JohnHaller.com

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NEW NUMBER: - (845) 842-7458
Carrier: Nuso

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NEW NUMBER - (914) 339-5879
Carrier: Nuso

I sent these cunts a cease-and-desist after they called me this past Monday and, guess what, they failed to adhere to it.

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Great research as always. I spent some time doing deep dives into some of these because in addition to the telemarketers getting a lot of money out of this, there’s frequently an angle where the president or promoter or whatever is lining their own packets although they’re getting better at hiding it. Sometimes there are clues in the FEC filings if it’s PAC.

@OfclyGoodenough I’m going to DM you a couple of examples

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NEW NUMBER: (518) 770-4206
Carrier: HD Carrier, LLC

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UPDATE: The scammers have been caught also doing business as:

Associated Email Addresses:

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Excellent research and reporting.

NEW NUMBER: (680) 356-9306
Carrier: Fractel

I sent these clowns a cease-and-desist email, I wrote down requests for my number to be added to their do-not-call list, but these assholes won’t stop fucking calling me!

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NEW NUMBER: (914) 386-3857
Carrier: FracTEL
Calls as: “Police Officers’ Association PAC”
Answers as: Pick-a-scam, “Members Gain” or the “redemption center”
Dialer Used: ViciDial

This reveals to me that the scammers either started making calls from spoofed phone numbers or hired AG Marketing, LLC to facilitate their scam calls.

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Interestingly, these are all numbers on the network of Fractel. I am not surprised for some reason. Many red flags with this carrier, and I had an absolutely terrible experience with reporting scam calls to them.

[US] law firm spoof? weird phone calls without VM on certain days of week : r/Scams

FracTEL, LLC | BBB Complaints | Better Business Bureau

Fake Medicare (279) 600-6204 - Scams - Scammer.Info

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