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I was contacted by a charity foundation based in Selangor via WhatsApp asking for donations. I did some basic checks, looked them up online, confirmed they had a physical location, and that their bank account matched the organization’s name. Everything seemed legit, so I started donating monthly on and off.

I paused donations for a month or two due to personal finances, but they continued sending me monthly updates with the “amount needed” for their upcoming expenses. I didn’t always pay close attention to those messages.

Then, out of nowhere, another charity foundation from Johor contacted me via WhatsApp asking for donations. I didn't question much at this point and started donating to both (Selangor and Johor). After a few months, I stopped again for financial reasons. But they kept messaging me on and off about their usual expenses, which I didnt response to it.

Again, yet another charity from Selangor reached out. This one called me and followed up with WhatsApp messages.

Now I’m starting to wonder:

- How did the first charity get my contact in the first place?
- How did my number end up being passed around to other charity foundations even as far as Johor?
-Is there some kind of contact-sharing going on behind the scenes?

Has anyone else experienced something similar? Did your contact info get passed between different foundations?

Would like to know if this is a common thing or if I’ve somehow been flagged on some charity donor list.

Please don’t respond with stuff like: “Just block them” / “Don’t donate if you don’t want to” / “If it’s from the heart, it doesn’t matter.”

I’m not asking whether I should donate. I’m asking if others have had this kind of chain of unsolicited requests and what your take on it is.

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by rassel: May 26 2025, 12:26 PM

Look up George Soros and how to set up NGO to songlap money

PDPA is non existant.

My only guess is, the one soliciting the donations isn't the charity itself, but a service provider. Once you donate, you're recorded in their database of "potential donors"

Ignore them. Previously (and now still) they wandering around some malls or kedai kopi/restaurants asking for similar donations. I just walk away asap

Now they seems more advance already

Such syndicate that take advantage of people , but actually collect money for songlap or wash black money or something you never know

This post has been edited by MyProLife: May 26 2025, 12:29 PM

"Charity" is just a shop front for them to siphon lucrative administrative expenses.

I blocked all.

Charities are mostly run by scammers.

Only 10% goes to the actual charity work while 90% used for expenses.

I. Used to have one from Gombak… I donated some. Then suddenly another one in JB contacted me. Hahahhaa….seems like a syndicate.

Anyway, I donated some and stopped. I donated to temples nowadays.

I only donate to one foundation now and I do not receive such unsolicited requests.

For context: a friend works at Cancer Research Malaysia and I've also seen some articles of her describing their success. She asked for donations in a post on FB and provided official channel directly to CRM, which then I contacted them directly and started monthly donations. I remember contacting their support for some bank-in Q&A, and I was happy to hear from a real person who didn't use any template answer.

Since then, I get a reminder monthly saying I'm about to donate X amount, but nothing annoying otherwise.

Yes I got one. Maybe more than that. I don’t know. I don’t keep track or differentiate it.

Might be unrelated but I also got one charity that send mail to me every cny with their “cny cards” package and ask me to purchase them as goodwill. Out of nowhere. In the beginning I feel bad about it. Nowadays when I got it in some years. I don’t think so much about it. It’s on them to waste money to print those cards and send on cold, unsolicited mail.

Then I think during Covid is when I start to get calls and WhatsApp. In the beginning I still pickup the calls etc. WhatsApp still ongoing. But every time I feel a bit guilty, I feel a bit angry, etc etc. basically not feeling good even if not losing anything monetary.

Nowadays I seldom pickup unknown numbers. My job don’t require me to pick calls anyway.
Those WhatsApp If I take syok I will start blocking.

stop donating to all these "charities", most are scams

u want to do real charity, go buy those necessities with your own money then go to those orphanage, old folks home or homeless people and distribute those necessities to them

this doesnt make them legit.

Yeah i kena. Donated to one a few more come

I believe they pass the numbers among each other. I've gotten Penang/Perak and Selangor ones. Thus far nothing down south lar

And also i can share something of what i found out. Hopefully it will help you with whatever decision you choose to take when solicited down the line

I got suspicious with some when they use the same script and the same empty fridge pictures to solicit donations. Usually end of the month come pay day. And they almost always never update the actual condition of the ppl living in such homes. My wife donates to an orphanage through an actual alumni of the place. She always updates the status of their kids, school progress, vaccination and those who have graduated and will be leaving as they enter the work force. Those i get never do that. Always how tough it is and how they wont survive next month without yor help

So one day i decided to visit one of these homes in PJ. It was for disabled folk. I spoke to the care taker and shared the picture and contact of the person who solicited on her behalf. I asked if he was a volunteer. She doesnt even recognise him but she says hes probably from those organisations that solicit on their behalf.

Basically there are groups that solicit on behalf of such homes and they take a cut of up to 30%. Basically they will reconcile donations from their channel at the end of the month and take their cut. The reference will be receipts issued through them. If you notice some of these guys if you ask if they can mail the receipts to your home they find all sorts of excused not to? They rather scan an online copy for you. They dont want you to go direct to the homes or the homes to approach you personally

Anyway after that i just blocked all the fellas and donated direct to the home and pass the details to the actual caretaker.

A home with the ROS registration, proper not personal bank account and a premise is more or less ok la

The issue is if there is a grifters/middleman acting as an in between taking a cut

Cut those fellas out. No better than panhandlers

me last year everyday keep call and whatsapp me....
i block the number..
next time they use other number....
i myself no money for food...
how to help....
they tell me go find people to donate...
walauwei....
i so free ahh...

Same here, usually will blocked them all, yea most of it a scam 😐🔥

They are scammers got plenty of numbers and non stop annoy people

From my personal experience: yes. The other contacts usually start appearing after that.

This post has been edited by nihility: May 26 2025, 03:14 PM

I done this before. Direct go rumah oku donate necessities.

Then end up same, so many donation call and WhatsApp msg, asking for donations.

The one I donate is in KL, but call and message can come from as far as ipoh or johor. Wtf.

Now block all.

Yeah so annoying.

Regretted donating one time because they did the same like you

The management costs of these NGOs take up to 95% of your donation btw

Yes got. Just delete chat and can block if want to.

Also got housing investments message also.

Sometimes got added into some scam investment group also.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: May 26 2025, 09:07 PM