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URGENT: Travellers needed to help conservation worldwide
Internet Scam Hits Wildlife Charity
URGENT: Travellers needed to help conservation worldwide
Press Release dated: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Are you a frequent traveller, or have a trip planned and are travelling light? If so, would you consider helping the World Land Trust (WLT) transport essential books to non-government organisations in developing countries?
The 'Books for Conservation' project was initiated in 2002 when the Natural History Book Service (NHBS) and the WLT joined together in an imaginative arrangement to provide essential reference books for conservation non-government organisations in developing countries.
The books donated by the WLT cover a wide range of topics relevant to environmental and conservation issues and are an invaluable asset to conservation non-government organisations (NGOs), especially those in developing countries who often do not have the funding to buy even simple reference books. In response to an overwhelming number of requests since this project was launched, the WLT has been providing these books to organisations all over the world,
However, the project is currently being held up, because of the cost involved in shipping books. At the moment, the project relies on NGOs being able to organise the collection of books from the UK, and in many cases this is not possible meaning many NGOs miss out on this important opportunity. To enable the distribution of books to a wider range of NGOs, the WLT is seeking out people who would be willing to transport a few books on our behalf.
If you are planning a trip and are willing to take some books with you, please email your name, address and telephone number as well as details of your trip (i.e. destination, date, time) to projects*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.). The books are normally packed in 2.5, 5 and 10kg.
If you are not travelling or have too much luggage yourself - you can still help! A donation to the World Land Trust 'Books for Conservation' will enable us to post books directly to organisations that might not otherwise receive them. To make a donation to this important cause, call the World Land Trust on +44 (0) 1986 874 422.
Please note that as the World Land Trust is based in the UK, books should ideally be collected in London or Cambridge.
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Internet Scam Hits Wildlife Charity
Press Release dated: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
The so-called 'Nigerian Frauds' are well known to most internet users. The recipient gets an email offering them a percentage of huge sums of money that are being smuggled abroad by the family of a deposed dictator, crooked bank official or similar person. There are many variations, but they all play on the inherent greed in many people - and if they get caught many are reluctant to inform the police and admit their stupidity. But the latest scam is even meaner. It is a cleverly thought out attack on charities.
First of all the targeted charity (in this case the World Land Trust) receives an email purporting to come from a representative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Direct Impact Grant Program, saying they would like to consider the charity for its next round of funding. These sort of approaches are not so unusual as to raise any suspicions, and the request to send copies of recent accounts, new projects, address of our website etc. made it even more realistic. And of course the Gates Foundation has the reputation of dishing out substantial grants. So we sent off our application, and received a standard acknowledgment by return, which is what one would expect. We thought little more about it until earlier this week, when an email came in informing us that we had been awarded $5million. Immediately the penny dropped, and we realised it was a scam.
In order to make sure we didn't fall for a scam of this sort in the future we spent a bit of time checking it out. The email awarding the grant directed us to a website AngloTrustBank.com, which has no phone numbers, and the only address is a PO Box number in Swindon, and no company of that name or similar registered with Companies House, all of which are highly suspicious. A quick call to the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad confirmed that it was a known scam. But the worry is that some charities might get caught - and would they report it since it could get them into serious trouble to admit they had been caught. The World Land Trust is a relatively sophisticated internet user, and one of the few charities raising a significant part of its income from the internet. There is a concern then, for smaller, more naive charities who are not geared up to deal with situations like this. So far it appears that little publicity has been given to this scam aimed at the charity sector.
For further information about the World Land Trust contact John A Burton jab*at*worldlandtrust.org (To avoid spam, we cannot show the email address in full. Please replace *at* with the symbol @ in your email address field.)
For information on Nigerian Fraud visit
www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419how.htm
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