In June, Christians were warned about becoming victim to donating to apparently good causes via unsolicited mail.
Noting ‘where compassion abounds, so too does possible fraud’, Christians were warned against responding to requests for money from unsolicited emails from Facebook and other sources.
Stating that it does not have the capacity to investigate on behalf of anyone, Barnabas Fund said: ‘We can put it on record that almost all of those [email requests] we checked in the past, turned out to be fraudulent.’ The statement reassured donors that its own partners around the world ‘have been through our strict due diligence’.
‘Extreme caution is urged if anyone is considering sending funds in response to [unsolicited] email. In some cases, it is illegal to send money to certain countries due to international sanctions. In some cases, the donor may be liable for prosecution if funds are even unwittingly given to individuals or organisations associated with terrorism.’
