GIVE YOUR 10!, Please check this out!!!! Very important! Options

[IdlersDream]

Some of you may have saw the commercial made by the guy who runs Free the Children about 'giveyour10.'

What the commercial is about is signing up and choosing 10 commitments you'll make to help make the world better and they will donate 10 dollars on your behalf to this charity. All you have to do is choose 10 commitments from a list, validate the email they send you and they give 10 dollars! You don't have to spend any money!

So there is really no reason why anyone should NOT do this.

I'm not sure if UK residents are allowed to join in on this but I'm positive that US and Canadian residents are allowed.

The steps they ask you to do :

Fill in your name, country and email. {Make sure to use a real email or they won't be able to donate any money}
Click on 10 commitments they have listed or make up your own.
Either fill in 10 of your friends emails so they can do it, or just click 'sign up' and not have to give other peoples' emails.
Then check your inbox and just validate the email they send you and 10 dollars is automatically donated to the charity.

This is a good charity, if you get the Canadian MTV, Jessie from the After Show has been part of this charity since she was very young and has even gone to third world countries to help out and stuff.
What this charity does is help build schools for these poors countries and help improve these childrens lives.

The website is :

www.giveyour10.com

Please do this, I don't see why anyone wouldn't since you don't even have to reach into your pocket, just have to click a few buttons and 10 dollars is sent to them!

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Correct. I have not. I also don't see how the impossibility of never hearing about someone and that I exercise caution when handing out my name and email address to people or organizations I do not know anything about seems to be an issue. Even moreso I don't understand how this is relevant anymore when there's children to be giving money to and there's no commitment involved as demonstrated.

[Guitar Smasher]

Correct. I have not. I also don't see how the impossibility of never hearing about someone and that I exercise caution when handing out my name and email address to people or organizations I do not know anything about seems to be an issue. Even moreso I don't understand how this is relevant anymore when there's children to be giving money to and there's no commitment involved as demonstrated.

"The "fill in your name and email" is a good reason to be suspicious."

Yeah, if you don't give it any critical thought. There's a legitimate reason for them to ask this information. Please realize that people will interpret what you wrote as a real accusation. You haven't heard of the organization, that's fair. All you have to do is ask for more information.

The money isn't coming from nowhere. The foundation making the donation on your behalf has to know that you're a real person. Otherwise they could be suspected of fraud, money laundering, or any related financial crime. Remember The Simpsons episode where Mr.Burns wins the election by registering dead pets as voters? Charities, moreso than any other kind of enterprise, must operate transparently.