818-591-8391

I've gotten this caller for 4 weeks now, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. What IS going on?? Can this stop?

As I understand, there is a loophole in the "Do Not Call" Registry.  When you donate to most charities such as Doctors Without Borders you silently give permission for their marketing companies such as Harris Direct, to legally bypass your "Do Not Call" preferences.  It is not the charities themselves who are conducting business this way, but the marketing companies they hire who conduct this practice.

Our options are:
1) Contact Harris Direct by phone, email or snail mail and tell them to take your name off their list and remove your telephone numbers.  This action obligates to do so.

2) Contact whatever charity you have ever donated to let them know that these practices by the marketing companies they hire are costing them donations.  This is what I did  with Doctors Without Borders.  As long as the marketing companies they hire continue to do business this way I will no longer donate to their organization.

I know this is not the only way to end up on their list, but it is one of the more common paths that most people are unaware of.

I am receiving these calls even though our number is on the National Do Not Call List. I have informed caller of this and we are still receiving calls from this number...

Going to the Harris Marketing web site, you can find this listing:

Jim Harris: 818-222-3470 ext 102

I recommend calling that number and leaving a message for Mr. Harris.  It's only courteous of us to help Mr. Harris understand that there is a problem with his business's auto dialer. And I think EVERYONE should be courteous and CALL HIM. OFTEN.

Harris Direct is a legitimate company that calls for money on behalf of its clients -- I think they are all exempt from thedo not call list, but still just as annoying.
International Relief Organizations

Doctors Without Borders
Amnesty International
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Catholic Charities
The Salvation Army
World Emergency Relief
The American Red Cross
Art Museums

American Film Institute
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA-L.A.)
Seattle Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
Public Broadcasting Networks

WTTW Chicago
WETA Washington, D.C.
KAET, Arizona
WHYY Philadelphia
Georgia Public Television
Houston Public Television
Oregon Public Broadcasting
KPFK Pacifica Radio
KUED Utah
KERA Texas
Environmental Organizations

World Wildlife Fund
Defenders of Wildlife
National Wildlife Federation
The Wilderness Society
California State Parks Foundation
Sierra Club
The Audubon Society
Defenders of Wildlife
Greenpeace
The Natural Resources Defense Council
Political

Democratic National Committee
Obama for America
Women's Rights

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
NARAL Pro Choice America
Medical Research Foundations

Retinitis Pigmentosa International – Fighting Blindness
AIDs Research & Treatment

The Whitman Walker AIDS Clinic
Project Open Hand
Jewish Organizations

HILLEL, The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
B’Nai B’Rith Youth Organization
Jewish Home of San Francisco
UJA – Western Region
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
Civil Rights Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union
The United Negro College Fund
The National Urban League
GLAAD
The LA Gay & Lesbian Center
Community Based Organizations

United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Progressive Organizations

Common Cause
The League of Women Voters

Ive turned off the answerer, so they cannt leave a message,  but theyve called several times before

These people have called several times & never leave a message.
Tonight they started calling around 8:pm, in a half hour they kept calling 6 times.
I am on do not call list, but that doesn't seem to work with these people.

Stop calling us at all hours

They call 2 to 3 times almost daily! Reported to BBB as suggested on this board. When I get to a real keyboard will draft and send letters to the listed charities on their site namely WWF, DNC, Sierra Club, Doctors w/o Borders, and Planned Parenthood. (Wait...having typed this list, except for DNC they are all feel-good charities. Then add DNC back and it would seem this marketer is trying to irritate people about DNC as it is an outlier in this group! You think?)

Get calls from them constantly.  Emailed them and requested to be taken off their call list.  We'll see what happens.

Linthicum Heights, MD

Calls and thanks me for my donation.  I never made any donations recently, so some kind of annoyance caller.  Says M. Harris or "Harris Direct" company that works on behalf of not-for-profits or some BS like that.

This number never stop calling my HM phone for almost six months.  I once picked the phone and shouted to it:" stop calling" but it is still coming.  Actually I Googled some callers who said they represent "Charity", they are not.  They just use any legal Charity's name, such as " Doctor without the border" ( it is my support Org.), for money then they will keep big portion of it and may give little to the Organizations they "used" so they would boast that they indeed do some "good works" in order to keep luring money from people.  "Not To Call List" is no use I tried because of above reason.  The only way you can do is to ignore their call or if you are not in good mood, shout at them.  If you would like to donate to the organization you support, do it directly through their website. ( They can be checked and all have own website)

Just called my house, hung up before I could answer.

Same complaint as everyone else.  When I answer I get NO response. Have been calling daily for several weeks.

Three hang ups from this number in 24 hours

same thing.  They call every day.  When I answer, nobody there.  EVER!
Caller ID lists them as HARRIS M
818-591-8391

Unknown caller is hasssling me!!!

, I don't anwser, maybe they will stop.

Thank You 'sja'

Thank you, JLC, for your informative post.
These calls are frequent and disruptive
Best Wishes From NYC -
HZH