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Watch out for Ramadan 'charity' fraudsters |
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Monday, 02 August 2010 23:06 |
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KUWAIT: A senior Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) official has warned those wishing to donate to charity during Ramadan against being swindled by fraudsters posing as charity collectors
who visit homes claiming to be collecting financial and material donations for charitable causes during the holy month.
Ahmad Al-Sane, the Acting Director of the MSAL's Charitable Societies and Mabarrah (benevolent funds for orphans) department, appealed to Kuwaiti and expatriate donors to immediately inform the police or contact the ministry if anybody posing as a charity collector comes to their homes to ask for donations, which is a violation of the country's charity collection law.
Al-Sane told Al-Jarida that the MSAL and Ministry of Interior are taking strict measures against individuals who abuse visit visas during Ramadan to fraudulently collect money, warning that any individual caught doing so will immediately be referred to the concerned authorities, along with their sponsor, to face legal action. The senior MSAL official emphasized that cash could only be donated at registered charitable societies' offices. - Kuwait Times
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