In a case series on IgAN in living-related donors, one recipient with crescentric IgAN received a healthy kidney from her identical twin.
"I've heard they literally cannot buy people," said one recipient of the packet, who passed on whatever the big opportunities are.
One recipient, Tom Christerson, 70, who received his implant on Sept. 13 at Jewish Hospital, remains on a ventilator.
"Good to spread the word on this fake as it is quite convincing," posted one recipient who did not fall for the ploy.
Contributions count toward the annual gift tax exclusion -- $11,000 from any one donor to one recipient.
The University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, along with its surrounding school districts, is one recipient.
One recipient wrote a letter to the guild's chief executive, A. Robert Pisano, demanding an investigation.
"It is fascinating, isn't it?" said one recipient of the invitation.
"This was a flagrant violation of the Arpanet,'' one recipient wrote.
It said one recipient had almost $113 million in unpaid federal income taxes from 2005 and 2006.
