Recently, I wrote something about this: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/12/03/it-pays-to-be-prudent-when-doing-charity/.
Coincidentally, a friend had a story to tell. Though it may not be directly related to the animal welfare work that we do, it still pays to learn from such cases.
This friend is a philanthropist. His passion isn’t into animals (unfortunately); he’s into humans who are in need of financial aid for surgeries, terminal illnesses and that sort of thing.
So someone (who was purportedly ill) asked him to sponsor his medical bill. This person was in dire needs of funds and he was “terminally ill”.
A photo was provided of the “terminally ill” person in his hospital bed, but the hospital was not in the same town. It was quite far away and the philanthropist could not visit.
Next, the receipts came, which amounted to quite a handsome sum.
Then, more photos came, but the philanthropist was observant. He noticed something amiss in the photos.
So, he started checking and he began to uncover discrepancies over the receipts.
Every item on the receipt was over-priced, way too high for the procedures listed, but granted, some hospitals have higher charges.
The philanthropist googled the hospital and found that the logo of the hospital and the logo on the receipt were totally different.
He finally called the hospital to enquire and there was no such patient at all.
The receipts were fabricated, the name of the doctor was fabricated.
It was a case of fraud. No doubt about it.
Then, the philanthropist googled further and found out that this purported terminally ill person is also involved in several money-making schemes.
Gosh, the things people (humans) would do to cheat!
I certainly hope we don’t get such applicants over here. It would be terrible if any human would use animals to make money, wouldn’t it?
As we’ve said earlier, it pays to practice philanthropic prudence when doing charity.
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