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Charity fraud, also known as a donation scam, is the act of using deception to obtain money from people who believe they are donating to a charity.Often, individuals or groups will present false information claiming to be a charity or associated with one, and then ask potential donors for contributions to this non-existent charity.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Fundamentally, the challenges arise from the "agency problem" - the fact that the management which controls the charity is necessarily different from the people who the charity is designed to benefit. In a non-profit corporation, the "agency problem" is even more difficult than in the for-profit sector, because the management of a non-profit is ...
The Facebook dispute was one of two cases to come before the Supreme Court this month involving the right of private litigants to hold companies to account for alleged securities fraud.
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in San Francisco, California. [ 3 ] CIR was founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
In their joint 2013 report the Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) listed the Cancer Fund of America at number 2 on its list of America's Worst Charities, based on costs of soliciting donations over a ten-year period. James T. Reynolds, his family and friends ran the organizations called the Cancer Fund of America ...
Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money.
While most junk email can seem like a minor annoyance, certain types of email can cause problems for not only you but other people you email. Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products.