Charitable Endeavors on Cybercriminal Forums

This report examines how cybercriminal forums have adopted charitable narratives during crises—highlighting threads that offered free stolen credentials, solicitations for COVID‑19 relief, and proposals to fake charities to collect donations. It describes the mixed forum responses, examples of genuine and fraudulent fundraising (including screenshots and wallet use), and analyzes charity as a forum social mechanism used for reputation-building and occasional legitimate aid, while noting trust and logistical barriers that limit formalized charitable efforts within the underground.