Hi there,
About a month back i got a call from some guy who said he was from an NGO and needed donation for a kid called SAM. They asked me to check their website which is http://l i f e c a r e i n d i a t r u s t.org/. (putting in the spaces just in case they do google searches). The person said that the total donation needed was 40K, and whatever help i could do would be good, and that i will recieve a certificate from them on which i could claim a tax refund too.
I checked the website, found the kids profile, complete with all the medical records and stuff..so thought it must be geniune and donated 5.7K. I asked him to call me how the Kid was doing. Then i never heard from them. No certificate whatsoever.
Even the landline from which i was getting calls was now saying that the number is invalid.
So today i again posted on their website that i wanted to do a donation for another random case, i got a call from some Mr. Sanjay, I did not disclose that i had earlier donated, and pretended that i was coming to delhi and wanted to give the check in person.
He has agreed on person, also he said that I may myself give the check to the family who is staying at a dharmshala near AIIMS
Now I am confused, Is this a scam, how to be sure? second, if this was a scam, what are my options to putting them to justice?
P.S: I did a google search, and opinion of majority is that they are a scam
About a month back i got a call from some guy who said he was from an NGO and needed donation for a kid called SAM. They asked me to check their website which is http://l i f e c a r e i n d i a t r u s t.org/. (putting in the spaces just in case they do google searches). The person said that the total donation needed was 40K, and whatever help i could do would be good, and that i will recieve a certificate from them on which i could claim a tax refund too.
I checked the website, found the kids profile, complete with all the medical records and stuff..so thought it must be geniune and donated 5.7K. I asked him to call me how the Kid was doing. Then i never heard from them. No certificate whatsoever.
Even the landline from which i was getting calls was now saying that the number is invalid.
So today i again posted on their website that i wanted to do a donation for another random case, i got a call from some Mr. Sanjay, I did not disclose that i had earlier donated, and pretended that i was coming to delhi and wanted to give the check in person.
He has agreed on person, also he said that I may myself give the check to the family who is staying at a dharmshala near AIIMS
Now I am confused, Is this a scam, how to be sure? second, if this was a scam, what are my options to putting them to justice?
P.S: I did a google search, and opinion of majority is that they are a scam