Question

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 Every major catastrophe, fire, as well as many personal events seems to bring out scams.  A particular area of fraud is charitable giving. Hurricane Sandy, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and many other events have resulted in people seeking to take advantage of a sad situation.

How are charitable scams perpetuated?

What should a giver look for before making a contribution?

What are some recent scams and what has been done as far as law enforcement in this area?

What materials did you find on the internet that explains charitable scams and how to prevent them (attach that information to your posting).  Please comment to two of your fellow learners' postings.

Thank you

Answer 1

Charitable fraud scams are often perpetuated via internet, although some charities scams are telemarketing scams that involve calling people to solicit donations for fake charities. Anytime misleading statements about charitable purposes are used to unjustly enrich the scammer at the expense of victims, fraud scam may be considered as a charity scam.

A giver should ask following qs before making a contribution :

- whether the charity can clearly communicate who they are and what they do?

- whether the charity can define their short term and long term goals ?

- can the charity tell us about the progress what it has made towards its goals?

- whether we support the charity programs ?

- last but not the least is that we trust that charity or not?

Recent scams

Oxfam scandal is the body blow for the whole uk charity sector

Defendants accused of charity scams could be charged with internet crimes, mail fruad, wire fraud, embezzlement, tax fraud and theft. Many of these crimes carry lengthy prison terms.
Defendants can find their accounts frozen and can face civil or criminal asset forfeiture as a result of accusations that they imprperly obtained funds by pretending to be a charitable organization.