December 13, 2007
Seemingly Generous Pledge Attracts Interest and Suspicion, but No Takers
The telephone message was the first hint that something wasn't quite right.
Jennie Peabody, director of planned giving at Mercy Corps, an international aid and development organization in Portland, Ore., thought it was odd to get a voice-mail message from a friend of a prospective donor who wanted to make a nearly $2-million real-estate gift to the charity.
Why doesn't the donor himself call, Ms. Peabody wondered. Who is the donor, and why would his friend leave so many details
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