StarNewsOnline.com: The Voice of Southeastern North Carolina: "How to avoid charity scams
The charitable contribution you make in response to a phone call may go mainly into the pocket of the profit-making company that called you. The charity may get a tiny fraction of it.
That's always been true, but the problem may be getting worse. As a story in the Sunday Star-News reported, telemarketing companies whose business has been crimped by the Do Not Call list now are making their pitches to small nonprofit groups that find it difficult to raise money. "
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