‘The low of the low’: Montreal charity targeted by scam speaks out
Global News
In their 2024 annual report, Montreal police states the number of fraud cases in its territory rose from 2,417 in 2019 to 11,617 in 2024.
Dan Payne struggles to raise money to feed the homeless population through his Montreal charity, DIFY.
“The first year I had to pay everything out of my pocket,” he told Global News from his home office in the city’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood.
So he was overjoyed when, a week ago, someone sent an email offering to make a $2,500 donation to the charity. With that amount, Payne said he could feed 3,000 people.
“I’m a good shopper,” he quipped.
After he replied to the would-be donor, the charity got a followup email from them with an offer of even more money.
“‘We’re gonna send you actually $5,000 and we’d like you to give the $2,500 to a needy mother with a sick child,'” Payne said, quoting the message.
The retiree said that’s when he became suspicious. A few days afterwards, the charity got a delivery via FedEx — a cheque for $5,000 supposedly issued by a company in Ontario. The document had the company’s name and address, but with a slightly modified logo.
A company representative refused to be interviewed.
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