Comments on: Beware Charity Fraud

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:25:46 +0000

yes charity fruad bothers me please be careful

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:27:21 +0000

I agree with you Jim, it’s hard to trust anybody who is calling you on the phone. I am with you that I will go directly to the charity if I want to donate or I will donate my time to make a bigger impact.

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:36:20 +0000

My wife always gives to the veterans, but I often wonder if they are for real or just old guys who went to the army/navy store . . .

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:38:36 +0000

just to add on – I would fully support a federal law that executes offenders after conviction of setting up fraudulent charities in the name of social servants like the military, police, and firefighters.

By: eric

eric — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:32:41 +0000

Horrible. :/

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:26:59 +0000

Seriously. It’s crap like this that make you not want to give money. I mean, it’s tough enough trying to get “legit” NFPs to spend the money right, let alone worry about dirty thieves.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:43 +0000

It’s sick that a few “bad apples” out there ruin it for the good people. As you said, the charities and non-profits will suffer from this. I volunteered for a local non-profit organization just a few weeks ago. Some of my tasks involved conducting follow up calls on donation letters that were mailed out. I made sure to leave the director’s name and number so that people knew I was from a legitimate organization. Regardless, we were short on contribution items and I’m sure these scams are part of the reason.