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Online Charities
Americans have large, generous and giving hearts. Many peopledonate money to online charities to help the needy, those withillnesses, animal activists and more. If you're one of these people,good for you! It is an amazing thing to give what you can to someonewho is in need or to research illnesses in the hopes of finding a cure.It is also a wonderful thing to help those who protect animals andtheir rights as well.If you do give to charities, you should know one thing. Not all of thecharities online are real. In fact, there are criminals and con-artistswho take advantage of people's generosity and kindness. They postfake charities, get you involved so that you want to 'make adifference,' and they line their pockets and wallets with the checksyou send. So, while you think you're helping someone who is in need,you may be only helping someone who is full of greed. Here aresome really good tips for avoiding 'charities' like this.
•Do your research on a charity. We are so full of empathy for people sometimes that we getemotional about a sad story or a problem and weget our checkbooks out and go to writing before wethink. Unfortunately, while this is a wonderfulquality to have, we must be careful. Find out whatyou can about a charity before you send themanything.•See if you can contact someone who has beenhelped by the charity before. Many charities tellyou personal stories of people that they have beenable to help through donations. If you can contactthis person, find out what they were helped withand any other information that will help you realizeif the charity in question is legitimate or real.•Check to see what address they are giving you tosend the money to. If you can get the address, youcan find out the owner of the address.
Here's how–
If you want to find out if the owner of the charity is acriminal, all you need is the address. Visit one of thewebsites that allow you to look up someone's backgroundthrough their address! One of them is
www.ReverseGenie.com
. Through this website, youcan enter the address of the charity. After submitting thatinformation, you will have access to the name and phone
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number of the person associated with the address. Youwill also receive marriage and death certificates, civil andcriminal court records, national and local court recordsand more.So, if this charity is a criminal who is trying to fund hisnext dirty deed, you will know about it. This is a greatway to make sure that your hard earned money is reallygoing to help people get better, get the things they needor whatever. Make sure that it's not going into thepockets of a criminal and a scammer.
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