Donation scams using disguised charities are usually carried out through well-designed steps and emotional manipulation. Here are some possible ways to do so.： --- ### **1. Fictional charity** -**Name imitation**: Use names similar to well-known charities (such as “International Red Cross” or “International Red Cross”), or use current social hotspots (such as wars and epidemics) to name them. -**Forged qualifications**: Make false registration certificates, tax numbers (such as EIN numbers in the United States), and even imitate government or United Nations certification marks. -**Professional camouflage**: Build a seemingly formal website (use. org domain name), make promotional videos, fictitious team members and “beneficiary” cases, and even fake cooperative media reports. --- ### **2. Take advantage of emergencies or emotional resonance** -**Disaster marketing**: Quickly initiate fundraising after natural disasters (earthquakes, floods) or emergencies (refugee crises, animal protection), taking advantage of the public's instant compassion. -**Fabricated stories**: Fabricated victim cases (such as seriously ill children, photos of endangered animals), or misappropriated pictures/videos of real events to enhance credibility. -**Celebrity endorsements**: Fake celebrity support statements, or use AI to generate fake endorsement videos. --- ### **3. Multi-channel publicity penetration** -**Social media bombing**: Expand dissemination through paid advertising, fake account retweets, bot comments, and even create “viral” challenges (such as “donation matching” scams). -**Phishing emails/text messages**: Impersonate a charity to send an urgent fundraising request with a malicious link, or falsely claim that ”donations can be drawn." -**Telephone fraud**: Pretend to be a volunteer or “recipient” to call directly, guide donations through telephone techniques, and even provide “door-to-door collection” services. --- ### **4. Concealed payment and transfer of funds** -**Non-transparent payment method**： - Require cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, etc.), prepaid gift cards (such as iTunes cards) or cross-border transfers to avoid bank anti-fraud monitoring. -Use a personal account of a third-party payment platform (such as PayPal) to receive payments, rather than a public account. -**Multi-layer money laundering**: The transfer of funds through shell companies, virtual currency exchanges or underground money banks increases the difficulty of tracking down. --- ### **5. Follow-up fraud upgrade** -**Repeated requests for donations**: Multiple donations are induced on the grounds of ”insufficient donations“ or ”matching donations". -**Tax refund scam**: Promised donations are tax deductible, and the victim's personal information (such as social security number and bank account) is defrauded for identity theft. -**Investment fraud**: Inviting participation in false investments (such as ”public welfare cryptocurrency“) in the name of ”charity projects", promising high returns. --- ### **6. Evade tracking methods** -**Short-term operation**: Close the website, cancel the account, change the name and image, and re-cheat after the fundraising reaches a certain amount. -**Cross-border operation**: The place of registration is in a country with loose supervision, and the server is set up abroad to evade legal jurisdiction. -**Forged audit report**: Issued false financial expenditure details, claiming that “80% of the donations were used for the project”, and the actual funds were misappropriated. --- ###**How to identify such scams** 1. **Verify qualification**: Check the legitimacy of the organization through official channels (such as charity navigation websites, government registration databases). 2. **Be wary of emergency requests**: Legal institutions rarely use high-pressure tactics to force instant donations. 3. **Check payment methods**: Reject informal methods such as cryptocurrency and personal account collection. 4. **Verify project details**: Specific implementation plans, beneficiary information, and financial transparency reports are required. 5. **Protect privacy**: Sensitive information such as ID numbers and credit card security codes are not easily provided. 6. **Report suspicious behavior**: Report to the police, online platforms, or consumer protection agencies. --- The core of this kind of scam is to take advantage of human kindness and technical loopholes. The public needs to maintain rational verification and avoid impulsive donations.