Terry Conway, the current Chair of the Renfroe Middle School/Decatur High School Bulldog Booster Club, writes in…

One of our fundraisers is Ad Sales. We contact local merchants/businesses/restaurants and sell ads in our football programs and the digital scoreboard. The DBB is the ONLY fundraising group for the RMS/DHS athletic department. The DBB will contact merchants in person or will be calling from a local area code. When contacting one of Decatur’s restaurant owners, one of our board members was shocked to learn that the owner had been contacted by someone else claiming to be raising money for the school athletics. Here is the email our fundraiser sent to me:

I sent XXXXX the ad sheet and they called me today and said someone else had asked for them to buy an ad, but it was from a 866 number. They did not buy one thank goodness. I called the number and they are a FRAUD. I acted like I was interested to get the scoop. They say they are selling poster ads for the basketball team. Varsity posters.com is their website. She said the school gets nothing and I asked her why she is representing herself as selling ads for the booster club. She got very mad and I was furious. The number [starts with] 866-510-**** and her name is Noel. Please spread the word.

I have also heard of calendars being solicited and the “sellers” using names of DHS faculty to try to authenticate who they are.