Just got an odd fundraising call

[gay texan]

An outfit called GFI raising money for the democratic party. Wanted me to use them instead of Act Blue.

Wanting credit card information, naturally.

Smelled fishy. Anyone else had this?

[Laelth]

1. Pretty rampant right now, it seems.

Only donate when you initiate contact first. The scammers are out in force.

-Laelth

[msongs]

2. annoying texts from ppl claiming to be dems, its the latest fad. nt

[gay texan]

3. 310 area code n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Smells very fishy.

Best not to deal with anyone you've never heard of - probably lots of scammers out there these days.

[frazzled]

5. Do not make any donations on the phone

You never know who it is, no matter what they say. Don’t even make a pledge when they beg you. Just go to the relevant organizational or candidate web site and make your donation online.

[gay texan]

7. oh i know

That was the question i posed to him. I said something along the lines that the Biden Harris campaign seems to be run by rather smart people..... If you're so much more spiffy, then why is the campaign using "ActBlue"?

Got awkward at that point....

[brooklynite]

6. GFI raises money for both sides...

Fleming, Bridget $5,600 $5,600 $0 Candidate (D-NY01)
Rice, Kathleen $5,600 $5,600 $0 Candidate (D-NY04)
Suozzi, Tom $5,600 $5,600 $0 Candidate (D-NY03)
Clark, Katherine $5,600 $5,600 $0 Candidate (D-MA05)
Buttigieg, Pete $2,900 $2,900 $0 Candidate (D-PRES)
McConnell, Mitch $2,800 $2,800 $0 Candidate (R-KYS1)
Caruso-Cabrera, Michelle $2,800 $2,800 $0 Candidate (D-NY14)
Trump, Donald $2,115 $2,115 $0 Candidate (R-PRES)
Garcia, Mike $500 $500 $0 Candidate (R-CA25)
Booker, Cory $250 $250 $0 Candidate (D-NJS2)
Biden, Joe $75 $75 $0 Candidate (D-PRES)
Omar, Ilhan $63 $63 $0 Candidate (D-MN05)
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria $13 $13 $0 Candidate (D-NY14)
Pressley, Ayanna $13 $13 $0 Candidate (D-MA07)
Tlaib, Rashida $13 $13 $0 Candidate (D-MI13)
Gabbard, Tulsi $10 $10 $0 Candidate (D-HI02)

[Celerity]

8. wrong GFI, what you are listing are donations by GFI Group, a global financial firm

GFI was the first broker to offer over-the-counter (OTC) US government bond options, they are an intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets.

http://www.gfigroup.com/