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-- >> it goes 100% toward the charity itself. i'm calling directly from the charity and not a telemarketing agency. >> that's get them. >> reporter: according to the iowa attorney general's office those phone call statements are one great big lie. the callers were telemarketers being paid to make the call. the state of iowa fined the telemarketing company $35,000 for making false representations. as for donations to other charities, the cancer fund of america claimed on the 2011 tax filings sent $761,000 in so-called gifts in kind, not actually cash, to churches, some hospitals and other progr...