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NOTE*** A reputable charity raising funds for the Haiti, or any other disaster WILL NOT phone you****
RE: Companies which raise funds for charities. They are 'self-serving' telemarketers.
'Company XYZ will call you up saying something along the lines of " Hi Mr/Mrs 'Jones', (They will use your name as they got it either from a list which they purchased, if you have EVER donated to any reputable charity by phone, ie cancer society, Heart and Stroke Foundation etc. your name IS on a list as a 'Mark', or the phone directory.) My name is 'Bill' and I am sure that by now you have heard about the terrible disaster in Haiti. Well I'm calling 'ON BEHALF OF' ( note ,they won't tell you that 'I work for the Red Cross') the Red Cross and I'm calling you today to see if you could possibly make a donation towards our disaster relief efforts?
Now, once they have you 'on the hook' they will 'work you, play on your sympathies to squeeze as much $$$ out of you as possible.
Let say you donate $50.00. ONLY $2.50, that's right, TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS (5%) of your fifty bucks will go to Red Cross. The telemarketers use the name of a reputable, known charity, with said charities permission, and then solicit donations. Law in Alberta is that ' no less than 5% of funds solicited MUST go to the named charity'. And 5% IS ALL that will be forwarded!~ Where do you suppose the other %95 of your donation goes?? That' riiight! Right into the pockets of the telemarketing firm!
Here is one 'scam' that is legal, (I have this on very reliable authority)and WILL BE STARTING SOON! This is how it works.
NOTE*** A reputable charity raising funds for the Haiti, or any other disaster WILL NOT phone you****
RE: Companies which raise funds for charities. They are 'self-serving' telemarketers.
'Company XYZ will call you up saying something along the lines of " Hi Mr/Mrs 'Jones', (They will use your name as they got it either from a list which they purchased, if you have EVER donated to any reputable charity by phone, ie cancer society, Heart and Stroke Foundation etc. your name IS on a list as a 'Mark', or the phone directory.) My name is 'Bill' and I am sure that by now you have heard about the terrible disaster in Haiti. Well I'm calling 'ON BEHALF OF' ( note ,they won't tell you that 'I work for the Red Cross') the Red Cross and I'm calling you today to see if you could possibly make a donation towards our disaster relief efforts?
Now, once they have you 'on the hook' they will 'work you, play on your sympathies to squeeze as much $$$ out of you as possible.
Let say you donate $50.00. ONLY $2.50, that's right, TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS (5%) of your fifty bucks will go to Red Cross. The telemarketers use the name of a reputable, known charity, with said charities permission, and then solicit donations. Law in Alberta is that ' no less than 5% of funds solicited MUST go to the named charity'. And 5% IS ALL that will be forwarded!~ Where do you suppose the other %95 of your donation goes?? That' riiight! Right into the pockets of the telemarketing firm!
Thanks for the info, that's the kind of stuff that makes me sick.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/haiti/2 ... 1-qmi.html