Hoaxes
Internet hoaxes and phishing scams are now including youth conferences. These are promoted on-line, often via e-mail, promising free transportation and visa arrangements for participation in a conference, after a registration fee has been paid. Some scams now include elaborate bogus web sites and similarly named organizations.
GYAN works to educate and warn the public, especially young people in the social sector, about these hoaxes, and an alert regarding "hoax conferences" is featured on the GYAN website. GYAN has been the target of several such scams -- see, for example, the bogus web site at http://www.globalyouthaction.org.
Read more about this topic: Global Youth Action Network