Charity bags from an organisation called CSS childrens support society are dropping through our letter boxes .
This is a scam do not give them anything.
The charity number they quote is 526305 which relates to " SIR NICHOLAS SHIREBURN FOR SCHOOLMASTER" whatever the fuck that means and is no longer registered as a charity.
See http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/RemovedCharityMain.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=526305&SubsidiaryNumber=0
Update..... Sir Nicholas Shireburn died in 1717 so theres not much chance of him running anything .
thank you
ReplyDeletethe bag has come through my door in essex. I decided to check before donating. I will take my donation to the local charity shop.
Your welcome Lorraine.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I found your posting when I decided to google the charity, as I'd never heard of them. I'm really glad I did, because I've had a massive clear out this weekend of children's clothes and toys, and was just about to bag everything up when I decided to check them out. Thanks again.
ReplyDeletethanks your info,i decided to check this 'company' out as i have signs on mailbox-no junk mail-clearly they cannot read.
ReplyDeleteIf you get any unusual charity bags its always a good idea to check the charity number online.
ReplyDeleteSome of the established charities like NSPCC use agents who basically give the charity a percentage of the value of the clothes when ragged.The agent takes a large percentage.If you want your goods to be sold and 100% of the proceeeds to benefit the charity then only give to charities that have shops.
i too recieved one of there charity bags through my door i live in essex i am so glad i checked them out first i will be giving them zilch
ReplyDeleteIve heard they have been operating in Essex/Suffolk area.Spread the word.
ReplyDeleteI had the bag put through my door today, thought i'd check it out. I'm glad i did now, i dont donate to charity collections that only give a percentage per ton, or those that i think are not genuine
ReplyDeleteI have had hits on my blog on this subject from all over the country so the scammers are still very much in operation.
ReplyDeleteI know that several trading standards(including ESCC) are aware of this scam but seem reluctant to do anything for some reason.
I am sure if I operated a similar scam or god forbid sold items per pound I would be in front of the Magistrate so quick my feet wouldnt touch the ground.If you see the vehicle that picks these bags up make a note of the reg no and inform your trading standards.If enough people complain surely they cant ignore it forever.
I believe the scam is operated by Eastern Europeans possibly Poles because I have had many
hits on this post from Poland.
Had one left outside my front door in Brandon, Suffolk, today.
ReplyDeletetried e-mailing to complain
then looked up the society and found the comments from the above people
Thank you.
Long Stratton ,Norfolk. Have received a bag.
ReplyDeleteDidn't recognise the bag we received this weekend so though I'd quickly check it out before filling it. Thanks for highlighting as above. I certainly will not be putting this bag out.
ReplyDeletePoringland, Norfolk.
Watch out for THOH or the hand of hope bags as well.
ReplyDeleteIts not a registered charity but it is very dodgy.
I spoke to a genuine charity shop collector the other day and he said that there are lots of fake
"charities" distributing bags and the result is that the genuine charities are getting less and less returns.
I wanted to check on this company aswell and found this blog, Had a bag left outside my door in Erdington B,ham. Im going to use the bag but drop it of at my local Acorns shop.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Thanks
ReplyDeleteThis bag came through the box today and it looked a bit odd. Now I know the truth about these greedy f**kers
had one of these bags this morning in kigstanding Bham, glad I checked it out
ReplyDeletehad the bag put throught the door the other day, my kids went round finding what they could till it was full but when it was collected this morning they looked a bit dodgy and where off b4 i could get out the door to ask 4 i.d, i managed to get the reg of the van which is a red transit R855 FHK rang the police straight away as they were still in the area and they said they would send sum1 round straight away so will fill u in if i hear anything else.
ReplyDeleteWell done Suzanne I would be interested to know if the Police do anything.
ReplyDeletehi, the police rang back and said they had circulated the reg no of the van and wanted me to report it as a theft, i also contacted trading standards and they put me in touch with an officer in my area who will be intouch in the next few days but i have a ref no if anybody wants to report them aswell and to link up the complaints ref no ee3318776 trading standards. lets all hope something is done and soon about these scum bags x
ReplyDeletenow in soth leicestershire
ReplyDeleteJust received a CSS bag through the door(BOWTHORPE in NORWICH) I always google any charity bags and I will be sreading the word amongst my neibours not to donate to this. Thanks for the info. Paul 05/11/10
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul.
ReplyDeletehas anyone told the police?
ReplyDeleteI live in North London and one of these bags came today via Royal Mail!! We have loads of Eastern Europeans here and they do this all the time. All collected goods are sold at local markets. I shall be waiting for them this wednesday (17th Nov) and I will pass their vehicle reg to police and trading standards. Meanwhile, the bag of clothes I sorted out 2 weels ago will go to my local charity shop! Sue, North London
ReplyDeleteAnon 15/11 (1)-the Police have been informed many times but are obviously busy pulling over innocent motorists in preference to catching thieving scumbags.
ReplyDeleteAnon 15/11 (2)If the Police wont do anything let me know the reg no/make/model and I will publish it on here
I received a bag this morning 14th Jan. Coincidently the police were here tonite (thought my son had gone missing) and they noticed it, told me about the scam and asked me to get the reg number of the van etc if I could and pass it on to them as they've been trying to catch the ones around the Suffolk area for some time.
ReplyDeleteAngel. Suffolk.