9. ETHICAL/ SOCIAL ISSUES Authenticity Research about the organization, before donate Why? Scammer's set up bogus sites that mimic real charities' sites How to prevent this? Sometime there are some misspellings of the organization's name in the URL People can steal money from the bank accounts The organizations lose reliability
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11. If the page is fake, scammer can get trough your bank account and steal money from it
14. ADVANTAGES People know what they are donating for. The organization is always trademarked, and copyrighted. Organizations can always provide the correct information.
15. Many people have a Facebook or Twitter account By using social networking sites is easier to to be aware of the news and projects of the Red Cross
16. DISADVANTAGES People need to know the organization before donate There are a lot of people who pretend to be a organization and ask donations, later public find out they were money predators.