IN LIGHT of the recent tragedy that occurred in Aurora, Colo., the Attorney General’s Office is advising the island to be cautious when choosing a charitable organization.
A mass shooting took place at a movie theater in Aurora last week, leaving 12 people dead and 58 wounded.
In a news release issued yesterday, the AGO pointed out that charitable organizations have started coming together to provide financial support for the victims and their families.
“Scam artists will utilize the emotional aspect of tragedies such as this to con people into thinking they are donating for a good cause,” Attorney General Lenny Rapadas warned. “Instead, donations may fall into the hands of individuals who make a living out of swindling our hard-earned money.”
The AGO provided the following tips and guidelines when making contributions to related charities:
- Reputable organizations do not usually solicit donations from individual consumers via email, and oftentimes unsolicited email messages asking for charitable contributions are fraudulent.
- Beware of organizations that use meaningless terms to suggest they are tax-exempt charities; not every not-for-profit organization needs a tax identification number.
- Be extremely wary of phone calls from people asking to donate to the cause because oftentimes they want personal and bank account information to either utilize your personal information for another scam or empty your bank account.
The Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance has been asked by the Aurora Police Department to coordinate monetary donations for the victims of the Aurora mass tragedy, the AGO stated. To learn more about those efforts, click here.
To report fraudulent organizations or phone calls, contact the AG’s Consumer Claims Unit Advocate Bernie Alvarez at 475-3324 ext. 3340 or email balvarez[at]guamattorneygeneral.com.
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Here is a video about what the Second Ammendment is all about. A doctor saw her parents killed by a madman and almost got killed herself.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8ij9v_what-the-2nd-amendment-is-really-for_news
Hast[censored]
Aurora is an anti gun, no carry law city.
It is against the law for private citizens to carry weapons....
Bad guys do not obey the law as we see across our nation .
If 500 citizens, armed with legal weapons had been in that theater, the bad guy and his body armor would have been toast when 500 Smith & Wesson model 29, .44 mag and 500 Colt 1911.45 cal handguns in the hands of legal owners opened up at the first shot from the bad guy.
12 people killed and 50-60 wounded would be alive today and 1 bad guy would be dead.
The FBI crime state clearly state that in communities / cities where there is legal carry of handguns, crime goes way down. Where there is strict handguns and carry is illegal, crime goes way up.....
.Hasta
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