# Kenyan charity offers grants, but its a scam

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/07/17/kenyan-charity-offers-grants-its-scam/
- Published: 2005-07-17T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities in the UK are receiving offers by email of a grant from a Kenyan charity
called HOPE. It is another scam.
The emails claim to come from a Kenyan charity 
although the sender “Sharon Gordon-Roberts, General Director & Finance Manager” 
is writing from The Gambia.

“Pls confirm the receipt the mail so we can furnish you with the payment infor. 
Keep on good work, ” says Mr Gordon-Roberts.

Although we don’t have proof, it looks like it’s the kind of scam that rapidly escalates
into the “giver” requiring some kind of payment to release the funds. In the end
the recipient charity ends up completely out of pocket.

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It is safer to ignore this offer.

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