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possums101 t1_ir9otan wrote

Reply to comment by WooliesWhiteLeg in Who are these people with candy asking for money?? by Kawaimo

Well they’re not actually selling candy for whatever cause they say they are. Which I don’t personally care about. I buy candy from people like this all the time. Although it looks like the person OP ran into had other plans.

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WooliesWhiteLeg t1_ir9pa87 wrote

Sure, they aren’t selling for the cause they stated but you still give them money and they provide the promised service ( candy). I’m not trying to be intentionally difficult, I just don’t get how that could be considered a scam.

But yeah, OP is crazy for going anywhere, especially a bank, with a stranger. I agree completely

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possums101 t1_ir9pcd0 wrote

Because they’re lying

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WooliesWhiteLeg t1_ir9pixl wrote

Sure but a lie doesn’t make a scam.

CVS takes donations for charity but they don’t tell you that you’re just subsidizing their tax write off. That isn’t a scam

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Quarthex t1_ir9yd3e wrote

It isn't true that retailers take a tax write off when you donate at the register. The money you donate is a direct donation with no strings attached. You yourself are allowed to itemize it as a donation when you do your taxes.

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It is 100% a scam to tell someone you are raising money for a charitable cause when you aren't. You got a candy bar, but you believed your money was going to a charitable cause when actually it was not. You likely would not have bought the candy bar had you not been lied to about the money going to a charitable cause. If that isn't a scam, I don't know what is.

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