generous people on earth in terms of giving our dollars to support charitable causes. A survey by the Charities Aid Foundation, for example, named the U.S. the world’s most generous nation for the period 2009 to 2018.
This shouldn’t surprise, as we enjoy plenty of opportunities to donate to worthy causes.
While many give in traditional ways—writing checks to a favored charity or your local faith community—organizations have become much smarter about attracting dollars. You can send text messages to disaster groups, support fundraisers through social media, round up your sales price to the nearest dollar at many stories to support charitable organizations, and this is just the start.
All of this taps into our desire to help others.
Generous people, however, are prime targets for scammers.
Just how much money is lost each year to charitable-giving scams is hard to nail down, but estimates are in the multiple billions of dollars.
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