It would appear as if someone is placing calls to D.C. residents under the guise of a police charity in an attempt to swindle them out of money. An emailer on the First District police listserv claimed that a man called their business yesterday and requested a (very specific) $50 donation to something called the “D.C. Police Post”. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of this scam — back in 2008, two men were charged with attempting a similar fraud in Montgomery County. To be clear, MPD does not solicit charitable donations directly from citizens. If you receive one of these calls, police recommend you attempt to get a name of the caller, name of the organization, phone number, 501C3 non-profit number and where the organization is charted and double-check that the organization is a registered charity before you supply any kind of personal information to a cold caller.