# Bogus grantmaking offer misuses CARE International's name

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/02/24/bogus-grantmaking-offer-misuses-care-international039s-name/
- Published: 2005-02-24T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Berlin-based “Organisation zur Zerschlagung von Damenunterwäsche” is offering
grants to UK charities, and is using the email address “ca\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*@\*\*\*\*\*\*
co.uk” to do so. The genuine charity CARE International says that it has nothing
to do with this scam.**

The apparent German NGO is clearly bogus as its name translates to “the repeal of
ladies underwear”, and the the contact person’s last name into something like “wicked
pig”.

Lisa Oeder, the head of trusts at CARE International, commented:

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 * “CARE International UK would like to clarify that in no way does it support these
   bogus e-mails. We know of a number of such scams and have reported all to the
   police.”

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