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Warning: Charity Scam!
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on 2006-01-20 18:08:09 (edited 2006-01-20 18:25:57)
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According to the FTC, the self-proclaimed "charity" organization JuniorPoliceAcademy (JPA) is a total scam. My close friend was scammed into donating $20, now they continually harass my friend with phone calls. If you have a spare moment to help me cause chaos, why not give them a call? Tell them gendou sent ya! Phone: (512) 476-0336 (united states) Website: http://www.juniorpoliceacademy.org/ Email: kleconte@JuniorPoliceAcademy.org looks like they messed with the wrong gendou :D 
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| BRING IT ON! Those scammers must burn in the seventh circle of hell! |
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| lol it WOULD be pretty fun and funny to mess around with them. I'm not gonna call long distance just to do that though hahaha. |
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by S-a-c-h-i-e-l
on 2006-01-20 22:33:36
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Hate mail sent ^_^ Heh, they DID mess with the wrong gendou >:-)  |
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yeah! it's time to get even! darn those JuniorPoliceAcademy... we should teach them a lesson! all evil must die! (but not most of them...)  |
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Re: Warning: Charity Scam!
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on 2006-01-21 13:54:54 |
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i filed a complaint with the FTC, and their ISP. that ought to learn 'em!
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on 2006-01-21 20:58:09 |
How to sent a complaint to FTC and what's their ISP?Maybe if more of us sent then it would be better against them 
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Re: Warning: Charity Scam!
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on 2006-01-22 00:20:54 |
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FTC is the Federal Trade Comission. You can file a complaint with them here. ISP stands for Internet Service Provider.
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on 2006-01-22 03:54:22 (edited 2006-01-22 03:56:45)
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Some interesting information about the person who registered the domain here. (READ: State, City, and Zip Code, Phone Number... First and Last name...) >:) |
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Re: Warning: Charity Scam!
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on 2006-01-22 21:05:19 |
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From: http://turlockjournal.com/news/newsview.asp?c=67975 From: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:gPC1_RfI2JUJ:turlockjournal.com/news/newsview.asp%3Fc%3D67975+%22Kelly+LeConte%22+phone&hl=en Police chief: Organization 'scamming community' Wednesday, July 30, 2003 By Sandy Brundage - Turlock Journal Lott Don’t donate to a charity called “Turlock Junior Police Academy,†Turlock police warned Tuesday. One resident told police a phone solicitor said donations would be used “to keep kids off drugs and out of gangs.†He called the Turlock Police Department to verify the charity’s legitimacy. “We know nothing about it,†said police spokesperson Rosemary Howser. “We have nothing to do with it.†There is a Junior Police Academy, or JPA, operating in Austin, Texas, that sells youth outreach kits to police departments for $595. Turlock Police Chief Lonald Lott said, “I don’t need some bonehead telling me how to run a junior police academy.†He plans to send a cease-and-desist letter to the company. “These people are scamming our community, and I’m angry.†Two years ago the Modesto police department had similar problems with JPA. June Mellon, administrative officer for the non-profit organization, confirmed fund-raising is going on locally. “But they shouldn’t be saying ‘Turlock,’†said Mellon. “As far as I know we don’t have a program in place in Turlock.†She said she would speak to the commercial fund-raiser - West Coast Marketing - and have it stopped. The JPA, founded in 1993 by Phil LeConte in Austin, reported $2.5 million last year in donations. Most of the money - $2.3 million, or 92 percent - paid for professional solicitations. Only $332,485 was used to support JPA’s youth program. LeConte also runs two other nonprofits falling under the same umbrella. For the American Association of Police Officers, he reported to the IRS a $38,417 salary in 2002. He was also paid $58,917 for directing the Police Protective Fund the same year. In 2001 he reported a salary of $39,583 for working 20 hours a week as executive director of JPA. But the following year only his sister, Kelly LeConte, was listed on IRS Form 990. She made $53,050. Tom Dressler, spokesperson for the California Attorney General’s office, said solicitors must disclose how much of the money will go to the charity if asked. “They don’t have to make an unprompted disclosure, but they do have to answer the question.†Reports compiled over the past two years by the state Attorney General’s Office show only 8 to 15 percent of JPA donations are used to support the actual youth program. “We can’t dictate how much money has to go to charity,†said Dressler. “But we can go after people who commit fraud during the solicitation, if they lie about a law enforcement affiliation, or about where the donation will go.†The Better Business Bureau recommends charities spend at least half of donations on the programs described during the solicitation. It also suggests charities only spend a third of contributions on fund raising. Sandy Brundage was the Crime & Courts Reporter at the Turlock Journal from December 2002 until September 2003. © 2004 Turlock Journal - All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without prior written approval from the publisher
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on 2006-01-22 21:16:53 (edited 2006-01-23 07:19:49)
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http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9237 They say its all for the kids, looks like its all for the Fundraising! I also find this interesting.
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by S-a-c-h-i-e-l
on 2006-01-22 23:17:04
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*notes Gendou's double post* *notices that the "this" link doesn't work, at least for me T.T* |
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on 2006-01-23 02:02:49 |
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yeah, me too..the 'this' link doesn't work
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by Jad [Alt] Kaizer
on 2006-01-23 03:41:13 (edited 2006-01-23 03:41:29)
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Well, it's just a mistake in the URL. You two didn't spot the mistake Gendou-sama made, did ya? Anyway, the wrong URL was :- http://gendou.com/forum/www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/westcoastad/030520compwestcoastad.pdf See the "http://gendou.com/forum/" in front? Now take that out, and you'll get :- http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/westcoastad/030520compwestcoastad.pdf And now, it works. :)
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Re: Warning: Charity Scam!
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on 2006-01-23 07:20:29 |
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oops, yea forgot the "http://"
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on 2006-01-25 00:59:24 |
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actually, I notice the mistake..But yep, I got it. Thanks
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YAY... everyone call and email them. flood them with complaints and send info to FTC :) Personally I thinkt hey should go to jail for scamming 
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