Telemarketing and Telephone ServicesCharities
Microsites
- Charity Fraud
Offers useful tips for consumers, business people and nonprofit organizations considering a charitable donation.
- Who's Calling? Recognize & Report Phone Fraud
Explains several deceptive telemarketing schemes, and how you can protect yourself against them. Includes two short videos.
Facts for Consumers
- Charitable Donations: Give or Take?
[PDF]
[en español]
Offers tips to help make sure the money you contribute will support a worthwhile cause. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Helping Older Consumers Avoid Charity Fraud [PDF]
Gives warning signs of charity scams, steps to help be sure a donation benefits the intended organization, and clues to whether someone is a victim of a charity con. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
Consumer Alerts
- Give Well: A Guide to Giving Wisely This Holiday Season [PDF]
- Helping Victims of Hurrican Katrina: Your Guide to Giving Wisely [PDF] [en español]
- Public Safety Fund-Raising Appeals [PDF]
Articles You can reprint these articles in your newsletter, magazine or website.
- Protecting Yourself from Fund Raising Fraud [PDF]
If you’re thinking about donating to one of the more than 700,000 federally recognized charities soliciting for contributions, the Federal Trade Commission offers tips to make sure your donation dollars benefit the people and organizations you want to help.
