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The desire to help others is a common need among people. Many people help others through donations to a large assortment of charity and non-profit organizations. Sadly, scammers have begun to take advantage of people’s goodwill and generosity, creating schemes to deceive.

One charity scam which has been prevalent in the past few years is helping families and children overseas. The public is flooded with brochures and images on television predicting starving children or destitute families. The recipient is told how much their money will help and given an addressed envelope.

Of course, no one wishes to see children or families suffer starvation or disease, but donating any money to an organization without complete knowledge of how it will be distributed is never a smart idea. Within the past few years, several scams have demonstrated that the money collected for various charities have instead gone right into the scammers pockets and never reach the needy recipients. Unfortunately, the occurrence of such flagrant deceits has tainted all charities, and many of these organizations are authentic, working diligently to help those in need.

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 case, a charity organization was authentic, completely registered, and really did send money and resources to foreign countries. Unfortunately, federal investigate showed that almost ninety percent of all donations were used to pay the large salaries of the directors for the charity. As such, this organization was not considered a true charity and was considered a scam.

Charitable frauds take many guises. They may pretend to aid abandoned animals, refugees, poverty-stricken people, or any other worthy cause. Sincere charitable foundations do indeed exist, but others are set up for the sole purpose of transferring money from your bank account to theirs.

To avoid being taken in by a charity scam it is very important to investigate the organization thoroughly. This can be done via the Internet, Better Business Bureau, the consumer complaint division, the government, or other means. If a telephone number and name is given it is important to use telephone services such as true-phone-lookup.info/336/369/ to verify if the caller is really whom they claim to be.

One should be especially suspect of people coming to the door with cans supposedly collecting for a well-known charity. One has no way of knowing if this is where the money is going or if it is going into the collector’s pocket. If the organization is well-known, a direct donation is the best way to go.

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