Got a call from them tonight, claimed to be calling from the Toronto Police Association to get me to buy a ticket for a disabled child to attend a Christmas event. I said I didn't do donations over the phone and they said that was fine they could mail me something and I could respond with a cheque or money order. The guy asked if I would donate $30 and I said fine - although now I'm wondering why that's important for mailing.
He then passed me to a verifier to verify my address which she did. Then she said "visa or mastercard?" like I had forgotten and I repeated that I would respond to their mail if I wanted to. Then she said ok and hung up without even taking down my last name. It didn't seem right to me.
I called the Toronto Police Association (found their number on the internet) and asked if they were doing this charity. The guy immediately said "Oh, you got a call from Xentel?", he sounded like he's gotten a lot of calls about this. He says that Xentel purchases add space in their magazine and they do work with them for their charity events. He said they did have a children's Christmas event 2 weeks ago so that's what the call was about. Isn't it weird that they would be asking for ticket money to something that happened 2 weeks ago? I didn't press it further, but this whole thing seems really wrong. The guy on the phone for Xentel was giving me the high pressured sales "don't you want to help a sick child?" kind of thing.
The Toronto Police Association should be more careful what companies they sell ad space to and associate themselves with.
Hopefully these postings will stop anyone from giving out their credit card information over the phone - just don't do it, for anybody.

i want to know who is using this number

got sick of this number waking up my child during the day. Called 1-+1 800-223-5315 as they suggest, and  hit 9,1 to register my number (as displayed by caller id) for do not call with their service center. hope it works!

same thing happened to me yesterday. they wanted me to raise money for some christmas fund for kids. It was a female. I dont know but it sounds suspecious.

If this is, as recipients say, the police association, why don't they stop? I have told them repeatedly that I can deal with mail solicitations but that telephone is out of the question. Even if their organization is worthy, and I suspect that it is, the police should not solicit by telephone. It is a huge imposition on us.

Claimed they were from the Toronto Police Association doing a fund raiser.
Seems suspicious. I don't know why the police department does not seem to be warning anyone about culprits doing this in their name.