# Phishing scam targets Plan UK supporters

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/21/phishing-scam-targets-plan-uk-supporters-0/
- Published: 2006-06-21T12:19:08+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities have been targeted by online fraudsters for some time, and their names
misused, but now it seems the fraudsters are going after charity donors and supporters.
According to Third Sector, the latest scam has involved phishing emails claiming
to be sent by [Plan UK](http://www.plan-uk.org) programme directors and asking for
donors to reveal their bank details.

 

Seventeen Plan UK donors said that they had received the bogus emails, which offered
donors up to $5,000 or £2,700 a month to help in ‘processing’ money for the charity.

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In response, Plan UK chief executive Marie Staunton has called on the Charity Commission
to issue advice to charities on how to deal with these scams.

 

Plan UK has sensibly warned supporters of this scam on the front page of its website,
advising them not to part with details of bank accounts or credit cards if they 
are at all suspicious.

 

Other charities, including the British Red Cross, have published similar preventative
announcements on their websites.

 

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