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What's lower than not giving a seasonal gift? How about not donating to charity in someone's name, but saying you did?
That's right, that generous donation that your buddy made in your name to the Send Justin Timberlake to Mir Foundation may have made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but the truth is, the scoundrel never parted with a dime on your behalf. Only a true Scrooge would appreciate the beauty of a nongift that places them on a virtuous plain high above us materialistic mortals.
Three warning signs the contributions made on your behalf weren't on the up-and-up:
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