It's 7 p.m. and you're just sitting down to dinner when the phone rings.
Another phone solicitor.
He's pitching for the American Deputy Sheriff's Association or the Disabled Firefighters Foundation or the American Veterans Relief Foundation or one of dozens of sound-alike charities.
These groups use similar names, similar pitches, similar techniques and many of the same organizers to reap tens of millions of dollars annually from American donors. In fact, they are all connected in ways most donors never suspect.