Ukraine 🇺🇦 is a country where charity has become part of the national code. Everyone donates: businesses, IT, crypto enthusiasts, grandmothers from their pensions, schoolchildren from their pocket money.
That is why scammers work especially hard here. And while the country is fighting on the front and building a financial security system, fake 'funds' attack Ukrainians with new schemes.
I talk about all the risks — because financial freedom is impossible without financial security.
🧨 TOP schemes of charity fraud that everyone should know about
1️⃣ Fake fund pages on social media
Scammers copy the style, logo, photos, and even incorporation documents of real funds.
There are plenty of notifications online when scammers:
✔️ steal official videos from other organizations,
✔️ run targeted advertising,
✔️ collect donations on personal cards,
✔️ lead people to phishing sites.
This is already an 'industry', not isolated cases.
2️⃣ Forged documents and EDRPOU in fake collections
Yes, scammers are already forging official documents to appear legal.
But checking through registers instantly 'breaks' them.
3️⃣ Personal cards instead of legal entity accounts
"We are a small fund"
"No time to make an official account"
"Transfer to the card — it's faster."
Heard that? Understand, this is 90% of scam cases.
4️⃣ Emotional blackmail
"Emergency operation, the child is dying"
"Animals are dying right now"
"Urgently, please, at least 100 UAH!"
If you are being pressured emotionally — it is a professional manipulator.
5️⃣ AI-generated photos of tragedies
New trend.
AI-generated images of injured animals, children, destroyed shelters.
You look — and you don't immediately realize it's a fake.
🧩 CHECKLIST: How to check a charity fund before donating?
☑️ Details
Only the account of a legal entity. Never — 'volunteer card'.
☑️ Financial reporting
The fund must regularly publish reports.
Ideally — with an independent audit.
☑️ Verification in registers
We check:
✔️ EDRPOU
✔️ founders
✔️ court histories
✔️ reputation in the media
☑️ Founders
Check:
— whether they are involved in criminal cases
— whether there are any sanctions
— whether there are any dubious related companies
☑️ Official channels
Website, social media, photo reports, stories of help.
If there are only details — it's a signal of danger.
☑️ Content
Avoid collections that exist only on 'emotions' and do not provide evidence of activity.
Check if the photos are not generated by AI.
❤️ Why am I writing about this in a series about crypto? Because crypto = financial freedom, and financial freedom is impossible without understanding the risks in the digital world.
Scammers do not divide people into 'cryptonians' and 'volunteers'. They strike at the trust of everyone.
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