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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:17:20 PM
In everyone's heart there is a desire to help their fellow man. Many do this through donations to various non-profit organizations. Unfortunately, scammers have seen this as 'easy money' and have devised various schemes to take advantage of the situation.
Popular deceptions in recent years are charities supposedly set up to help needy children and families in foreign countries. Pictures and videos of malnourished, emaciated children and impoverished needy families are portrayed in pamphlets and television spots. The viewer's feelings of sympathy are appealed to and an address or envelope is provided for easy giving.
While no one wants to see children or families suffer, donating money without a thorough knowledge of where it will go is not a wise decision. Scams revealed in the past few years have shown that the money collected in many supposed charity events actually went for the personal pleasure of the scammers rather than for the supposed recipients. This gives all charities a bad name and, actually, many work hard to ensure that donated dollars go exactly where they should.
Charitable organizations use magazines, mailings, television, the Internet, and other means to reach a wide audience. Their requests typically start at ten dollars and go up from there. The advertising itself is expensive, and much of the money goes for this purpose.
In one instance, the organization was properly registered and did send money overseas. However, investigation revealed that ninety percent of the money received went for the overhead of the directors who received large salaries. This did not leave much for the charity purpose and was, in itself, a type of charity scam.
Charity scams come in many forms. It can be a plea for the homeless, the destitute, animals, and just about anything else. While there are many legitimate charities in existence there is always someone in the wings that will use any means to remove money from one's pockets in order to fill their own.
Proper investigation is the only way to tell if a charity is real or counterfeit. Investigations can be done yourself on the Internet or by checking with the Better Business Bureau, the Consumer Complaint Agency, or some other way. If the appeal contains a name and telephone number, then a telephone service such as cheap-lookup.com/518/307/ can be used to verify the authenticity of the person or organization.
If someone comes directly to your house collecting donations for a well-known charity, you should immediately be wary. You have no way of knowing if the donation really does go to the organization or not. In the end, direct donations through the organization's channel is your best solution.
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