http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/05/08/the-suicide-scam/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/05/08/the-suicide-scam/#comment-1546 frédéric Mon, 08 May 2006 08:40:16 +0000 http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/05/08/the-suicide-scam/#comment-1546 This has scam written all over it. Never heard of a petition for which you actually have to pay to put your name under it (rather the contrary). From experience: a way to be pretty sure about the destination of your donations is if the other party holds some official card that proves he's working for an accredited organization -- think it has a police stamp and signature on it. Typically, they are allowed to ask you for donations in the supermarket, they don't come sneeking up on you on the parking. And they *always* speak your language. This has scam written all over it. Never heard of a petition for which you actually have to pay to put your name under it (rather the contrary).
From experience: a way to be pretty sure about the destination of your donations is if the other party holds some official card that proves he’s working for an accredited organization — think it has a police stamp and signature on it. Typically, they are allowed to ask you for donations in the supermarket, they don’t come sneeking up on you on the parking. And they *always* speak your language.

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