At the risk of sounding callous
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
Once upon a time, when these organizations were fewer in number, I could be more sympathetic to a poor older single who’d fall for these tactics. They have slick marketing, and know how to play to these unfortunates’ emotions. It’s so easy to believe that the “nissim” stories are true, and of course, it’s all tzedakah, right?
But nowadays, when every other magazine ad is for a new pop-up tzedakah organization promising refuos and yeshuos if you’ll just write them a check, (see flashy ads above) I think that if you fall for it, it’s on you.