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Sponsor scam in Dublin City Centre.

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  • 24-07-2015 4:46pm
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    Sgt Hartman
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    The last two times I've been in Dublin city centre I've seen this little boy approaching people asking them to sponsor him for an event. There's 2 fairly dodgy looking blond women with him who look to be in their 40's. I believe this is some sort of poxy scam trying to get people to sign up and hand over money. If you are approached by a kid in the city centre looking for u to sponsor them be wary.


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    5ub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭5ub


    Well,

    Whats the event?


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    Sgt Hartman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    I think it's something to do with a dance club, I'm not sure. It's just that this is the 2nd time I've seen them around the city centre. I believe it's some sort of scam.


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    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    AH Mod: Moved to Dublin City which covers "Dublin City Centre".


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    KungFuhrer
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    It's dodgy alright, and I can never be sure of how legitimate it is because they usually just carry a ragged handmade sign with a list to write down names when they approach you. It's always a kid with a couple of women in tow, and they're never the yummy mummy type either. I've been approached twice in the city centre and once at IKEA

    Excuses I've heard are it's for a football team, for an event, etc, which is ok if only they would at least hand you an official flyer or pin for your contribution.

    Maybe it's not a scam at all but it brings out the paranoid in me too :p


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    JuliusCaesar
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    I discovered the money-making potential of sponsorship at the age of about 8. I collected sponsorship from a number of neighbours, until my parents discovered about it in conversation with one of them. I had thought it fool-proof.

    Damn it, I was forced to give the money back and apologise to them all.






    Maybe their parents aren't as principled.



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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    I did this too. We'd had a legitimate football blitz in school. A few of us, who thought we were smart, hung onto the sponsorship cards for a few months. Coming towards the summer we brought them out around the estates and went door-to-door, collecting money for our own pockets.

    One woman answered:

    "What school is it, boys?"
    She took the card and read it; "oh, my dad's a teacher there. Hold on, and I'll get him to chip in." And she walked back into the house.

    If he did come out all he would have saw was the back of 3 young lads heads as they booted it to fcuk out of the estate.


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    FloatingVoter
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    ;)^....and when they grew up the three lads got jobs with Anglo. The End.


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    5ub
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    When I was living in Dublin (which was until a few weeks ago) I used to get this mainly in the local supermarket. They'd sometimes be packing bags at the end of the tills too with a bucket to place donations in. It could have been legit but if there was just one kid collecting then probably not but to be honest I would give my money to a more deserving charity


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    January
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    5ub wrote: »
    When I was living in Dublin (which was until a few weeks ago) I used to get this mainly in the local supermarket. They'd sometimes be packing bags at the end of the tills too with a bucket to place donations in. It could have been legit but if there was just one kid collecting then probably not but to be honest I would give my money to a more deserving charity

    Having organised bag packing as a fundraiser before it is notoriously hard to get into any supermarket chain to fundraise for clubs and teams. I sincerely doubt that anybody bag packing is scamming, the supermarket simply wouldn't let it happen.


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    FloatingVoter
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    ^ yeah, if you're talking about the likes of Tescos, Lidl, Dunnes etc. that would be cleared between head office of the supermarket and the charity. All the kids would have ID. Little chancers wouldn't even attempt that scam - way too easy to get caught if you even managed to get as far as packing a bag.


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    5ub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭5ub


    January wrote: »
    Having organised bag packing as a fundraiser before it is notoriously hard to get into any supermarket chain to fundraise for clubs and teams. I sincerely doubt that anybody bag packing is scamming, the supermarket simply wouldn't let it happen.

    Ah, I have no doubt a whole group of people bag packing in a supermarket are there for a genuine cause. I meant it, as in the kid Sgt Hartman was talking about, could have been there for a legit reason but usually there would be more than one person fundraising


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