E-victims.org: Charity Commission scam

Tony

What Consumer Founder
Apr 7, 2008
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Commission warns of bogus telephone calls

The Charity Commission has been made aware of a scam involving people being telephoned by individuals claiming to represent the Charity Commission. In the phone calls these individuals claim to be from the "debt collection department" of the Commission and they demand payments for various services and advertisements. 

Some of the bogus calls have demanded payments of thousands of pounds for various services and advertisements. The Commission has been contacted by a number of people who have received calls of this nature and has already reported this matter to the police.

 It is important to be clear that:


Any call from someone claiming to work with or on behalf of the Charity Commission, and claiming any payment in a threatening way, is clearly bogus;
The Charity Commission does not charge for any of its services to charities; it does not get involved in debt collection either directly or through...

Charity Commission scam