It never ceases to amaze me that some scumbags can take advantage of Cancer.
This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month:
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) was introduced as a worldwide campaign in 1993 by Evelyn Lauder to:
increase awareness of breast cancer
raise funds for research into the disease
support people affected by the disease.
increase awareness of breast cancer
raise funds for research into the disease
support people affected by the disease.
There are official charities set up in Secondlife and they will always be open and will never solicit donations, most will have official vendors which pay an authorised avatar.
NEVER pay an individual for a donation - it has come to our attention that someone called beauu Twine is dropping pumpkins (made by someone else) on random avatars and then asking for a donation for breast cancer:
"beauu Twine: Im handing out breastcancer pumpkins for a 100l donation please be kind ty for supporting breast cancer reasearch!"
One look at his profile tells its own story, there is some information that he is also sending out group invites to an unrelated group. The only sure information that we have on this avatar is that he has/does work for "DeRailed" an inworld club - if you know this person then please teach him some morals this kind of scam hurts those really trying to raise awareness of breast cancer.
If this avatar drops you an item and then solicits you for a donation you can be pretty sure its going in his own pocket - feel free to file an abuse report and have his account suspended/frozen!
Fraud like this makes me sick as I am sure it does many others who work genuinely to help support cancer survivors inworld.
If you want to donate to charity check its the genuine charity first - real charities will have no problem answering questions and giving you information so you can donate out of secondlife!
Scammers like this need to be stopped!
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LOL... what sort of reporting is that! You can't just go around making defamatory remarks like that about a person you don't even know without any form of evidence. I've never come across this person inworld and, yes, he probably is a scammer - but are you really suggesting that a small handful of people should have some form of monopoly over the term 'breast cancer' in SL? I'm sure there are loads of ill folks here in the metaverse and I think they should have the right to raise money if they like without people pointing the finger at them. On that note I would like to seek your permission for the exclusive rights to the term 'prostate cancer' within the virtual world :) I hope nobody's reserved it from you already!
This sort of scam undermines all legitamate charities in secondlife and as such should and will be reported - yes everyone has a right to raise money for a 'good' cause what i am pointing out here is to make sure it IS going to a good cause and yes i can report on scammers and will continue to do so! Tell your friend its disgusting and immoral or maybe that is too hard for you to understand - nevermind i will tell him myself.
i am beauu twine and i did ask for donations for cancer and yes i have close family with cancer now-base on your defamation of char -you should be sued on that account because i copied everything you put up about me-but its an individules right to accept donations on anything -nobody forced ppl to make payment -think your uneducated and you will be sued!
I have close family with cancer but I do not go around soliciting donations - I go through legitimate means.
(By the way people please note how uneducated I am in comparison to the above comment)
I would love you to sue me so that we could see proof :)
Go ahead!
First of all, it's important to define the term "Charitable" and the phrase "Charitable Contribution." Here in the United States a "Charitable Contribution" is associated with a "Tax Deductible" contribution to a charity that is recognized by the IRS for the purpose of being Tax Exempt.
If you want to give to a cause, other than a "personal" cause, such as an individual who is suffering from some malady, you should always give to a recognized, tax-exempt organization that subscribes to ethical codes of conduct and publishes their financials on a regular basis.
Giving to an individual "on behalf" of a charity or cause leaves the door open for fraud. It also puts well-meaning individuals at risk, at least in the United States, where money collected by a non tax exempt organization/entity is recognized as income by the IRS!
Valiant Westland
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