Top Ways to Deal With Earth Quake Charity Scams
As we know, their is no human control on natural disaster. Recently South American country of chile was in the grip of devastating earth quake,in which hundreds of people were killed instantly, with huge losses of property .
But no one expects worst tragedy like chile will be resulting Earth Quake Charity Scams most often scripted by scam designers by taking undue advantage of such conditions for financial gains.
There are thousands of questionable and suspicious websites in name of charity groups which are ready to entice funds on behalf of those victims . Sometimes it becomes very difficult for innocent people, to deal with such types of Earth Quake charity scams.
Some of the Top ways to Recognize and Deal with Earth Quake Charity Scams
1.Be Aware And Be Alert is must do practice to fight such scams .Before donating any fund, first confirm if charity is registered or not with Attorney General’s Office. Must check out bogus charity organisation names,address,phone numbers.
2.Avoid giving personal information like credit card numbers ,bank account numbers over phone or through websites in order to restrict identity theft .
3.Remember legal charity organisation will not accept donation in form of cash ,but by check, only payable in favor of organisation due to security reasons.
4.Some times charity scam surfaces in form of email from unknown sender ,soliciting donation. Avoid browsing any links in email , but confirm the legitimacy of organisation before proceeding.
5.Do check out charities details with the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) www.bbb.org/charity and GuideStar www.guidestar.org.
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