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Possible charity fundraising scam

Ian McLintock Founder at Charity Excellence Framework Posted 6 years ago

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I received this by e mail today.  Perhaps a genuine mistake in sending it to me, but my guess is it's a scam.  Might be worth warning your fundraising team.
Hello

I've just won £5 on your Weekly Lottery draw. Yippee! Thank you ever so much.

However, I can't be trusted to spend that much money wisely, so the best thing for me to do is to pay it into my bank, then send you a £5 donation. I'm a UK taxpayer, so you'll be able to claim Gift Aid on it, too. So my £5 win should be worth a sick squid to you - no, that's a different joke.

If I'm not already registered with you for Gift Aid, my details are: .........................................................
Keep up the fantastic good work that you make possible.

Thanks again

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This sounds like a total scam and is consistent with some of the many ways in which unscrupulous individuals approach charities. 
This got me thinking - is there an online resource where charities can easily look up historic and recent known scams, as well as potential current ones going around? That could be a really valuable resource (sort of like snopes.com but for charity fraud).
If not, I'd happily help build/contribute to a resource like that!

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Matt Saunders   Hi Matt, I've found bits and pieces, but nothing specific to us.  I'd be happy to have a chat about doing something.  

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Ian McLintock   Okay, I'll jot down a few thoughts and hopefully come back to you.

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