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In July 2011, senior figures at Oxfam GB, received an email alerting them to expect a visit from a whistle blower. An investigation was soon conducted, but the charity decided it was best to bury its findings. Then, #metoo happened.

Sources:

1. Haiti 2010

2. Haiti Earthquake History

3. Haiti Death Stats

4. Oxfam

5. Oxfam 2010 Response

6. Joe Mitty

7. Harold Sumption

8. The Times Haiti Article

9. Oxfam 2011 Press Release

10. Lesley Agams

11. The Eagles Nest

12. Ex Haiti Director Response

13. Mark Goldring Interview

14. 2011 Haiti Report

15. Mark Goldring Resigns

16. Haiti Bans Oxfam GB

17. Sean 'O Neil Interview

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In 2017, a phone call was made to Action Fraud UK by BBC Children in Need. Their concern was directed towards a man who had asked for a 90% commission from his collected donations. A month later, a decade-long scam would begin to crumble.

Sources:
1. Pinsentmasons.com: Phishing attackers sent to prison

2. Daily Echo: Levi admits fraud during 36 day cruise

3. Daily mail: Fraudster gang conned public children's charity

4. Daily mail: Children in need collector dressed as Pudsey bear stole from charities

5. BBC News: Lancashire based gang in £500k charity fraud

6. Lancashire Live: David Levi escort clip

7. BBC Sounds : David Levi

8. Youtube: @Daveyravey

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When a 92-year-old poppy seller jumps from a bridge in Bristol, UK, it quickly sparks public outrage towards charities who had been inundating the pensioner for months leading up to her death. And then, there was a call for reform.

Sources

1. Daily mail: shame on charities that drove olive to her death

2. British Legion History

3. BBC News: Olive cooke "overwhelmed" by charity requests

4. Bristol Post: Remembering Olive Cooke 2 years on

5. FRSB Report findings

6. FRSB Report

7. RSPCA and BHF Fined after investigation

8. Gov UK New fundraising law introduced

9. The Guardian: Charity opt out service launched

10. BBC News: Cooke family do not blame charities over their loved ones death

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A Louisiana WW2 Veteran decides to donate his body to science in a final act of patriotism. Only to be used in a pay-per-view event in front of a paying audience.

Sources:

1. Med page: Professor Conducted Autopsy against familys wishes

2. Daily Mail: outrage as live autopsy is carried out on WW2 Vet who died of Covid

3. Oregon Live: Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience

4. NYT: A body donated to science was dissected in front of a paying audience

5. Reuters.com: Cadavers in the ballroom

6. Youtube clip 1

7. Youtube clip 2

8. The Advocate: WW2 vets body dissected publicly horrifying his widow

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Spare change is the new addition to uncharitable.
A spin-off, Reflecting on previous episodes focusing on the spare details, similar cases and what to look out for with charity scams.

A Cancer con pulls on the heartstrings of many who fail to spot the discrepancies when they choose to ignore the reg flags.
So it's time to take a look at several cases from the last 12 years.

Cases include: Madison Russo, Belle Gibson, Brittany Ozarowski, MiaBaoBao and Megan Bahri.

Sources:

1. wikipedia: Belle Gibson

2. The Guardian: Belle Gibson facing legal action over deceptive claims

3. Daily mail: Belle Gibson The Whole Pantry

4. The guardian: Australia news video

5. Youtube: Madison Russo trial

6. NYPost: Taiwanese influencer admits to faking cancer battle

7. www.scmp.com: Fake Taiwan fitness influencer outed

8. Tbrnewsmedia: Brittany Ozarowski

9. Yahoo: Cancer scam shocks community

10. BBC Sounds: Believe In Magic

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"On February 10th of 2022, quite possibly the worst day of my life occurred. I got the call from my oncologist and they found a mass on my pancreas and I had stage 2 pancreatic cancer at just 19 years old".

Madison Russo loved to share her story. Perhaps, a little too much.

Sources –
1. North Scott Press: Russo "I feel like I've been rocked to my soul"

2. NYPost: TikTok scammer pleads guilty

3. kwqc.com: Cancer scam victims feel betrayed with Russo sentence

4. Huff Post: Madison Russo TikTok cancer theft

5. Youtube: clip 1

6. Youtube: clip 2

7. Mirror: TikTok cancer scammer sentenced to probation

8. People.com: Iowa woman who faked cancer online must pay restitution

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On the afternoon of September 27th, 1986, 1.5 million balloons were released into Clevelands skyline in aid of a charity. what remains, are the ghosts of the eighties pollutant decay.

1. wikipedia: Cleveland nicknames history

2. Youtube: Balloonfest'86 clip 1

3. Youtube: Balloonfest'86 clip 2

4. Youtube: Balloonfest'86 clip 3

5. Youtube: Balloonfest'86 clip 4

6. Wikipedia: United_Way

7. The History Makers.org: George Fraser United Way

8. Magicmadebydisney: Treb Heining

9. gizmodo.com: Ask the Project manager for Clevelands Balloonfest'86

10. Smithsonian Mag: Cuyahoga River

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