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Permalink Reply by Caryn Charlie Liles on March 7, 2011 at 7:56pm

He's doing this in the subway system as well. I told him to give me the website where I could get more information and speak with the coach about the program and he got nervous and backed away stuttering.

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Permalink Reply by LMA on March 7, 2011 at 9:20pm

I'm so mad at myself!

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Permalink Reply by Kaleidoscope Kids on March 8, 2011 at 2:02am

This sort of thing is really irksome and frustrating because it makes people think twice about giving to legitimate charities like ours.

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Permalink Reply by Sylvia on March 8, 2011 at 1:08pm

Damn, I gave to a couple boys last year for this same reason. I really thought I was helping their team get to Brooklyn. Sad to hear this is a scam.

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Permalink Reply by Caullyn on March 9, 2011 at 10:01am

This seems to be getting pretty frequent. I offered the same boy a cheque made out to the community centre, he told me they don't take cheques. On Monday night we had another young man asking for money for his dance troop, he could have been legit, I'll never know. From people asking for gas money to get back to Barrie, numerous charities and kids sports teams, the demands at the door entice me to just ignore the bell. I seek out the giving opportunities, and make my donations through the year, I just don't believe you if you knock on my door.

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Permalink Reply by Nolin (Admin) on March 9, 2011 at 11:01am

I agree.  In fact, I wish the legitimate organizations would stop sending door-to-door and street-corner volunteers out to solicit.  Then it would be much easier for everyone to close the door in the face of the scam artists.

Caullyn said:

This seems to be getting pretty frequent. I offered the same boy a cheque made out to the community centre, he told me they don't take cheques. On Monday night we had another young man asking for money for his dance troop, he could have been legit, I'll never know. From people asking for gas money to get back to Barrie, numerous charities and kids sports teams, the demands at the door entice me to just ignore the bell. I seek out the giving opportunities, and make my donations through the year, I just don't believe you if you knock on my door.

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Permalink Reply by Kaleidoscope Kids on March 9, 2011 at 11:15am

We haven't employed those methods because I'm not a fan -- too intrusive.  We prefer to use events to get the word out about us.  The good charities will always be easy to find out about and when it's something local, you can see the work being done first-hand.

 

The scammers really are ruining it for the rest of us.

Nolin (Admin) said:

I agree.  In fact, I wish the legitimate organizations would stop sending door-to-door and street-corner volunteers out to solicit.  Then it would be much easier for everyone to close the door in the face of the scam artists.

Caullyn said:

This seems to be getting pretty frequent. I offered the same boy a cheque made out to the community centre, he told me they don't take cheques. On Monday night we had another young man asking for money for his dance troop, he could have been legit, I'll never know. From people asking for gas money to get back to Barrie, numerous charities and kids sports teams, the demands at the door entice me to just ignore the bell. I seek out the giving opportunities, and make my donations through the year, I just don't believe you if you knock on my door.

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Permalink Reply by Steve M on March 11, 2011 at 11:48am

I have just had this kid at my door in Boston Avenue, asking for money for basketball trip to Brooklyn. I told him I had already given and he disappeared. But seems he is on his way down through this area.

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Permalink Reply by Naomi Eaton on March 11, 2011 at 12:21pm

I completely agree.  Door to door and telephone canvassing are completely out of date (not to mention all the mass mailings...what a complete waste of paper and resources).  These days charities should take advantage of social networking instead.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Halliday on March 13, 2011 at 5:17pm

Hey LMA,

 

I'm a reporter with Eye Weekly, and a few weeks ago we did a a report on a different door-to-door scammer in Leslieville (which we found through this board.) Saw this and thought we might want to follow up and do a little write-up on this one as well... would you have five minutes to chat via phone tomorrow? Best,

 

Matthew Halliday

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Permalink Reply by LMA on March 20, 2011 at 11:12am

Hi Mathew, 

I just saw your post.  If you are still interested in following up, let me know. Thanks.

LMA

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