Robert Weiner

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America’s Giving Challenge 2009

Robert Weiner

The latest round of the America's Giving Challenge is on. This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The goal is to get as many unique daily donations as possible (minimum of $10), to your cause each day.

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Lame spam of the day: You are highly needed

Robert Weiner

I liked the lines: one has to be very careful because a lot of scammers are out there to scam innocent citizens and this has made it very difficult for people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is a different case.To Including links to real news stories is a nice touch.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

The donor promised his patent would completely fund the university, wipe out the national debt, and make America the happiest place on Earth. Tale #2: I got one last week saying I was, “DAMNED FROM ETERNAL SALVATION FOR NOT ACCEPTING A GIFT THAT WAS A MIRACLE FROM GOD.” BTW beware potential donors who only correspond using cap lock.

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