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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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For Years The Tiger Temple was questioned over allegations of abuse and illegal trafficking. For years the government did nothing. Then, a raid finally took place.

Sources:

1. Time: what really happened at Thailands Tiger temple

2. National Geographic: Tigers rescued die in goverment custody

3. National Geographic: Tiger Temple Thailand Trafficking

4. CBS News: Thailand Tiger Temple Raid

5. Cee4Life: Tiger Temple Report

6. BBC News: world Aisa

7. www.fortigers.org: 5 years on from the raid

8. The Independent: 40 tiger cubs found in freezer

9. The Independent: Tiger slaughterhouse found by police

10. Coconuts.co: Gary Agnew

11. aljazeera.com: What really happened at The Tiger Temple

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