fake charities
Philanthropic confidence schemes
Fake charities are fraudulent organizations that solicit donations under the guise of charitable work but divert funds to personal profit or unrelated purposes.
They often emerge after disasters or during holiday giving seasons, exploiting goodwill with names mimicking legitimate organizations: The attorney general shut down several fake charities collecting for hurricane relief.
Some operate in legal gray areas, spending most donations on "administrative costs" while delivering minimal aid.
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- conArgument against
swindler · telethon · solicitation · deception · sob story · embezzlement · phonecall · door to door · mailer · sympathy · disaster · disaster relief · veterans · cancer · children · overhead · skimming · predatory
- unwanted callsrobocalls, nuisance calls, scam calls, junk calls, telemarketers
- cyberscamsphishing, scam emails, online scams, scams, email spoofing
- fraudscam, fraud, swindle, con, deceive
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers