The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur warned Filipinos there to be wary of donating to dubious groups masquerading as charity organizations helping the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda.

“We have received information from the Department of Foreign Affairs [DFA] that there are individuals and groups who are illegally soliciting funds for the benefit of the typhoon victims,” Medardo Macaraig, the embassy’s charge d’affaires, said in a statement.

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