[Resolved]  Society for Child and Women Empowerment — Duping in the name of Funding

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Assam

This organisation SCWE contacted us saying that they had huge funds and were looking for beneficiaries in the North East. We went to visit them and nothing felt right about the place. The officer we met with didn't have a visiting card to share with us, had absolutely no answers for the technical questions we had, and gave us 24 hours to fill up a detailed form and apply for a grant, with a grant application fee of 2500/-. Because we have been through other grant applications processes before, we felt intuitively that this was wrong and decided to research this organisation thoroughly on the internet. We found that
1. There is absolutely no proof of any work that they have done so far. Not ONE project site/detail is mentioned.
2. On a page named 'History' http://www.scwe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&...⇄ They have listed a set of board/key members from 14 charitable organisations; not ONE single one of these charitable institutions exists on the internet. Not one of the individuals mentioned on this list appear to have any credible history on the internet.

3. They are mentioned in several press releases in the Times of India and Hindustan Times. Other than that, there is NO mention of this organisation, with its whopping 700+ crores to give away, anywhere on the internet. Other than innumerable complaints in consumer courts, of course.

Then I found this page, where some consumer complaint has been replied to by a Mr Irfan Alam. https://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/society-for-child-and-women-empower...⇄
1. Irfan Alam is a very well known and highly acclaimed entrepreneur from Bihar, not involved with SCWE in any way.
2. He has listed an UNFP agreement with a number that does not exist
3. He has listed 9 international agencies as sources of funds. Each one of them has been researched in detail. Not ONE of them have listed SCWE as a beneficiary; in fact many of these are not into institutional funding at all!

We are shocked to find so many stories of duping. It saddens me that so many young people with ambition and zeal are being duped just because a lot of miserable, pathetic cheats are choosing to dupe them. The scam is very thinly disguised. Just an hour on the internet is all it takes to find out just how fake these guys are. Unfortunately, most of the people that need the jobs aren't conversant enough with the internet to utilise it to their benefit. This must stop.

All the complaints I see on the internet are around the recruitment drive, none around the grants application process, but let me assure you they will begin soon. Thank God for the days of the internet, when information is available freely and due diligence possible.
I'd like not just to run with my hard earned money, but also have these guys put behind bars.