Scam uses name of well-known charity
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning about a work-at-home scam that uses the name of a well-known charity.
The bureau says "help wanted" ads may have recently been placed in some newspapers soliciting for a regional donations coordinator for Habitat for Humanity International.
In one case, a woman applied for the job through e-mail and was accepted. She was sent a check and instructed to keep some of the money and wire the remainder to another Habitat for Humanity official. The woman became suspicious, contacted the Better Business Bureau and later learned the check was counterfeit.
Bureau CEO Randall Hoth says work-at-home scammers are becoming more aggressive and even use the names of reputable charities to gain credibility.
Apr 21, 2009 at 9:18 p.m.
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Be advised - many supposedly legitimate charities are the same. Do not donate to big scale charities, pick your own. That way you can investigate them to be sure your money goes to really help people and not pay for salaries of scam operations.
Apr 21, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.
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Apr 21, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.
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Classic advance fee scam. The transfer you send them disappears, and the check they sent you turns out to be bogus. This could be done under the name of any business or charity.
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