Cupcake Girls

Christine –

Victim Location 89109

Total money lost $100

Type of a scam Charity

I just learned about this charity. Someone shared a link with me via Facebook about a nonprofit organization calling itself "Cupcake Girls". They ARE indeed a registered charity both on file with IRS & the Secretary of State here in NV.

BAD NEWS: They fundraise for fake causes. Lots of glowing articles were written about them by respectable journalists. Apparently the essence of their organization is they go into adult entertainment / sexually oriented business and give cupcakes and referrals to community resources to the women employed therein.

They also fundraise very aggressively and constantly. They have at any given time multiple fundraisers on various crowdfunding sites mostly Razoo. The CEO : one Joy Hoover has lots of videos on youTube and articles where she fundraises for a clinic that supposedly serves women in the sexindustry at no cost to them. I donated a substantial amount of money only to find out the clinic closed its doors over a year ago for good ! Its called Operation Hope. I did my research and the folks operating it are no longer in town even. I feel this is a scam. Upon further research I stumbled across various websites where the population they claim to serve and support – the women in sexindustry say they are a scam and dont provide any meaninful services at all just referrals to outside social and human services agencies. They do not even have a good relationship with their target demographic ; strippers and brothel workers. Many establishements have stopped letting them in even. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND DO NOT BLINDLY DONATE. it appears to be a scam. Joy Hoover is a con artist, it seems. Cupcake Girls said donations are non-refundable so they get to keep the monies.

Brandon –

Victim Location 89102

Total money lost $250

Type of a scam Other

Cupcake Girls is active on various social media sites including Twitter, Instagram and mostly Facebook. They aggressively solicit donations from well-meaning people. They claim to assist women in the sex industry. It has been revealed by several ladies who are in that target demographic that Cupcake Girls does not only NOT assist them they collect their personal information via an intake form. They then use that form to threaten and harass the very ladies who approached them for help and threaten to turn their personal information over to the police. In many cases, they have sent the Vice Squad to ladies homes claiming to the police that the women are back page prostitutes.

They purport to help with emergency housing, transportation and various other needs. The only form of "assistance" they give the lady is to refer her out to existing social & human service organizations, basically forcing those charities to bear the burden of helping the ladies. They shamelessly solicit donations online via various crowdfunding sites but especially on Razoo. Gullible people donate money thinking ladies are being helped, but ladies are actually being turned away and farmed out to other public & private charities while Cupcake Girls pockets donations but provides no services.

You can google "joy hoover con artist" for more information. She is the founder of this very uncharitable "charity"

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