Seeing requests for Notre Dame donations? They could be scams:
More than $1 billion has been pledged to rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral in the wake of the disastrous fire a week ago. And the Federal Trade Commission warns that the global emotional response to the decimated 856-year-old cultural and religious landmark can easily be manipulated by crooks who exploit tragedies to scam donors out of their charitable donations.
Indeed, con artists often try profiting off topical subjects, such as robocalls and email pleas flooding your phone and inbox following a national tragedy, or around the holidays when people feel more inclined to give. For example, viral GoFundMe campaign to support a homeless man was revealed to be a hoax last November — but not until after the couple behind the phony fundraiser had pulled in more than $400,000 from 14,000 people, and squandered it before their arrest.
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