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LogDog75

(897 posts) Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:47 PM Sep 28

Car donation scam alert [View all]

The FTC and 22 states stopped their deceptive charity fundraising practice of Kars-R-Us.com. Kars-R-Us .com ran ads for donating cars to the and the proceeds would go for low-cost breast cancer screenings. Of more than $45 million it raised only about $127,000 went for breast cancer screening. $39.4 million went to the operators of Kars-R-Us.com and its vendors.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ftc-19-states-act-stop-deceptive-cancer-charity-fundraising-scheme

Be wary of donating your car to any charity because the amount of money they give to charity may instead be going to the pockets of the people operating the charity.

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Car donation scam alert [View all] LogDog75 Sep 28 OP

I wouldn't donate a dime to Kars-R-Us just because their ads are so horrendously irritating. Ocelot II Sep 28 #1

Oops I guess I was thinking of Kars4Kids! Ocelot II Sep 28 #13

I understand that the people that run that hunk of shit business are a piss soaked pack of MAGA fuckwads. SoFlaBro Sep 28 #2

I thought they were Jewish. Jews are not maga..in general BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 28 #6

Kars4Kids is a Jewish organization. They are not, according to Google, related to Kars-R-Us. Totally Tunsie Sep 28 #8

Oh!!! Sneaky..scammers picked a similar name to legitimate org BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 28 #10

No surprise, tho. That happens all the time. Totally Tunsie Sep 28 #11

What I don't understand is the slap on the hand monetary penalty Raven123 Sep 28 #3

I didn't donate to Kars-R-Us, but whatever they got for my 2004 PT Cruiser rsdsharp Sep 28 #4

I thought it was a Jewish charity? BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 28 #5

See #8 above Totally Tunsie Sep 28 #9

National Public Radio is the only one I'd consider. I know several who have donated to them. hlthe2b Sep 28 #7

My local PBS station is the only one I'd donate a car to after I buy a new car LogDog75 Sep 28 #12

American Lung Association Is Ok ProfessorGAC Sep 28 #14