Residents are being urged not to hand over their cash to door knockers claiming to work for a local charity, following reports a scammer is in the area.
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Can Assist Wagga were informed by a Boorooma resident that a woman was impersonating the charity and asking for donations.
Can Assist Wagga president John Nixon stressed that the organisation does not door knock for donations.
"It is wrong in every degree and leaves a bad taste in people's mouths and we do not door knock," Mr Nixon said.
"We're very lucky that a woman called us and caught onto this act as the scammer didn't have any ID and had a box full of money.
"It's just straight out wrong and we did get CCTV footage of this woman, but it was like she knew the cameras were there."
Mr Nixon said the charity has notified police, but was worried this would make it harder for the charity to receive future donations.
"It has got to have some negative effect as people get very suspicious and so it's very frustrating," he said.
Mr Nixon said this has not been the first time scammers have robbed people of their generosity.
"This happened a couple of years ago around Kooringal," he said.
"People need to be aware, look for clothing representing our charity and ask for identification.
"We have been told this woman was very well spoken and confident and so we're just very lucky the resident was switched on and let us know.
"This has been all over social media, so hopefully that is enough to scare her," Mr Nixon said.
Howard Brown, a resident and organiser behind Riverina Rumble who donated funds to Can Assist, said this act should not deter people from donating, but they just need to be careful.
"Can Assist is a very visual organisation and they show their presence in the community and cancer is a very personal area, so more people are willing to hand their money over," Mr Brown said.
"This is a low act and means people in need the most are not getting those funds or donations.
"People need to just keep supporting and remember that Can Assist does not ask for door donations, but this certainly won't deter me from ramping up donations in next year's Riverina Rumble."
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Scamwatch found scammers are increasingly using fake charities or impersonating real charities.
"Australians are very generous, donating billions each year to thousands of different charities and unfortunately scammers are increasingly using people's generosity against them," said ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard.
This year 292 cases of fake charities have been reported, with more than $180,000 lost.
