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Fake charity clothing collection

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  • 08-02-2012 7:55pm
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    InquiringMind
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    Got a leaflet/sticker in the door today from "Irish Christianity Programme for Africa" saying they are doing a clothing collection for charity.

    A quick google shows it to be a scam. If you got one of the leaflets please do not leave anything out for them as they are taking money/resources from legitimate charities.


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    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    As a rule if you want to donate clothes, go directly to a charity shop/social services or one of those clothing banks you usually find at recycling stations. The likes of the above has been going on for a while and in a variety of guises.


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    johnire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭johnire


    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    As a rule if you want to donate clothes, go directly to a charity shop/social services or one of those clothing banks you usually find at recycling stations. The likes of the above has been going on for a while and in a variety of guises.
    Well said Corvus....there are lots of charity shops in Sligo which would be delighted to receive donations of good quality clothes and bric a brac.


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    sligono1
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    Is there any way you can stop these crowds pushing leaflets through your letter box I'm sick of this rubbish littering my hall floor


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    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭loki7777


    NO:) Or you can glue it;)


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    Truley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Truley


    I live in Cranmore and I'm plagued with these leaflets, I'd say I get at least one every morning. I don't even think real charities such as Enable Ireland do door to door collections any more. So if you do get a leaflet, it's almost definitely bogus.

    I have a 'no junk mail' sign which is really effective for any other kinds of unwanted mail. Maybe I should write 'including clothes collectors' after it and see if it works.


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    Ulisses78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Ulisses78


    That "fake charity collections" it's huge business... All that clothes which are collected, going to East Europe (but not only), and after that, You can buy them in second-hand shops. Fortunately, now there is few places, where I can just sell Your unwanted clothes ( between 50-80 cents/kg). They doing the same with clothes (sending them to E.Europe), but at least running their business in fair way.


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