The Growing AID-India Scandal

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Here is an idea on how to double one's money - first you take your money and divide it into two equal piles. You then add up the two halves and presto! Each half has doubled and so your money has doubled!

Sulekha's webpage lists the contributions ostensibly collected for the relief of victims of the recent tsunamis. The catch is that the "matching fund" was created by halving the contributions received by sulekha. You can find the original scheme here. Note the part that says

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Your tax-deductible online contribution to Tsunami Relief in India will be matched dollar for dollar from the Sulekha-AID matching fund. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

At least one contributor did not know that his donation would be labeled as a matching contribution. From his blog:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I recently donated $500 through Sulekha's portal & was shocked to see my contribution listed as a matching donation though I made no such explicit choice. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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