# ICFM warns of possible scam

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1997/03/18/icfm-warns-possible-scam/
- Published: 1997-03-18T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers’ ICFM Update is warning members 
of the activities of a Mr Julian Phillips, “who appears to be actively promoting
his commercial business alongside the proposition that a charity will benefit.”**

It appears that he places newspaper advertisements suggesting that “commercial adverts
can be enhanced by reference to his own expertise and knowledge” and that anyone
who does so will produce a donation from Mr Phillips to a charity of his choice.
You have been warned!

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