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"Spam" for Bush fundraising online?

Howard Lake

Howard Lake | 22 September 1999 | News

Was that a spam e-mail appeal from a high-tech entrepreneur to help raise funds for George W Bush’s presidential campaign? It looked like it: “Dear Friend, Please send $1,000 and call five friends to join us in support of George W. Bush for president.”

Read The Perils of E-Fund Raising by James Ledbetter in Slate.

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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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