Direct Relief has been notified by several individuals who've received a fraudulent message asking for money or personal information from someone pretending to be Direct Relief.
If you have received such a message, it did not come from Direct Relief and is most definitely a scam.
Direct Relief would never send unsolicited requests for such information.
These messages have come by text, Facebook, Twitter, PayPal, Venmo, email and other services. Often, the message will link to a Google Form that asks for personal information.
Again, this is a scam in which a fraudulent account has impersonated “Direct Relief."
One ongoing scam involves offers of employment. Emails used by the scammers use variations of Direct Relief's name and impersonate actual Direct Relief staff members. For instance, one email used by scammers is apply@career-directrelief.org. If you get an from any address other than (person)@directrelief.org, please contact Direct Relief, as this is likely as scam. You can do so by visiting directrelief.org/contact.
Below are examples of this employment scam.
We have alerted the authorities as well as Google, Facebook and other companies that host these fraudulent messages and accounts, and will continue to do so.
We are sorry for any inconvenience and can assure you that Direct Relief would never send any unsolicited requests for personal information or payment.
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