Donation scam guide
Medical emergency scam
Medical emergency scams exploit urgency and sympathy through fake hospital bills, medicine availability, ambulance bookings, blood donor fees, or patient fundraiser pages.
Risk signal
Emergency claim
Severity
high
Group
Donation
Common identifiers
Add identifiers that can be matched safely across reports, profiles, payments, and evidence without exposing unnecessary private data.
Phone number
Use the exact phone number shown by the scammer so CheckKaroo can link repeat signals and avoid weak matches.
Hospital claim
Use the exact hospital claim shown by the scammer so CheckKaroo can link repeat signals and avoid weak matches.
UPI ID
Use the exact upi id shown by the scammer so CheckKaroo can link repeat signals and avoid weak matches.
Fundraiser URL
Use the exact fundraiser url shown by the scammer so CheckKaroo can link repeat signals and avoid weak matches.
Evidence to preserve
Keep proof in original form where possible. Screenshots help, but transaction IDs, URLs, timestamps, and chat context make moderation stronger.
Medical bill
Capture medical bill with date, time, sender, URL, or transaction context visible where possible.
Payment request
Capture payment request with date, time, sender, URL, or transaction context visible where possible.
Caller details
Capture caller details with date, time, sender, URL, or transaction context visible where possible.
Fundraiser page
Capture fundraiser page with date, time, sender, URL, or transaction context visible where possible.
First response
These steps reduce further loss and keep your report useful for review, banking escalation, platform reporting, and official complaints.
Verify hospital/patient directly
Do this early: verify hospital/patient directly helps reduce repeat contact, preserve proof, and keep escalation options open.
Avoid unknown advance payments
Do this early: avoid unknown advance payments helps reduce repeat contact, preserve proof, and keep escalation options open.
Report fake medical listings
Do this early: report fake medical listings helps reduce repeat contact, preserve proof, and keep escalation options open.
Urgent money loss
If money was recently transferred, call 1930 first and raise a bank or payment-app dispute. Speed matters for fund-freeze attempts.
Privacy boundary
Do not upload OTPs, passwords, full card numbers, full Aadhaar, private documents, or unrelated intimate media. Use masked, relevant evidence whenever possible.
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