# Clothing for 'charity' collection scam exposed

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/02/08/clothing-039charity039-collection-scam-exposed/
- Published: 2004-02-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Trading standards officers have stopped a scam in Staffordshire in which people 
were encouraged to donate clothing purportedly to raise funds for the local air 
ambulance.
In fact, although leaflets produced by the rogue door-to-door trader 
claimed “for every ton of clothing collected your local air ambulance will receive
£100,” the ambulance did not benefit.

Stafford County Council seized hundreds of bags of clothes donated by people in 
response to the “appeal.” According to the BBC, the trader responsible “has been
contacted and warned off” by the Council.

A spokesman at Staffordshire’s Air Ambulance confirmed the collection had nothing
to do with the organisation.

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