# Fraud and scams

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/06/10/fraud-and-scams/
- Published: 1999-06-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**RNID and Sense have reissued their warnings about an alleged fundraising scam 
involving the door-to-door sale of deafblind alphabet cards. **

UK Fundraising tracks reports of alleged and attempted fraud against charities. 
Occasionally it even features news of successful prosecutions against such scam-
artists.

RNID and Sense have reissued their warnings about an alleged fundraising scam involving
the door-to-door sale of deafblind alphabet cards. UK Fundraising tracks reports
of alleged and attempted fraud against charities. Occasionally it even features 
news of successful prosecutions against such scam-artists.

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