Charitable solicitations in top 10 online fraud list
Howard Lake | 16 May 2001 | News
The US government has introduced The Sentinel, an online database of Internet frauds and scams for use by law enforcement agencies in the USA, Canada and Australia. Sentinel lists the top 10 most common online frauds, and “charitable solicitations” is listed in eighth place. It shares this dubious distinction with “Business Opportunities and Work-at-Home Plans” and “Travel, Vacation and Timeshare Plans.”
The US government has introduced The Sentinel, an online database of Internet frauds and scams for use by law enforcement agencies in the USA, Canada and Australia. Sentinel lists the top 10 most common online frauds, and “charitable solicitations” is listed in eighth place. It shares this dubious distinction with “Business Opportunities and Work-at-Home Plans” and “Travel, Vacation and Timeshare Plans.”
Although actual figures are not presented, this confirms that charities or at least charitable giving is considered fair game by online fraudsters.
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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.