[Enchante]

"When she called Lloyds TSB stunned Tania was told fraudsters had illegally made two donations totalling £210 to fund Obama's race for the White House."

I've been asking various people what controls there are (not) on contributions overseas..... did Obambi's campaign have recorded that these donations came from the UK??? Putting aside the stolen money issue for a moment, how do we know that the Obama campaign is not scooping up millions of dollars from non-citizens who are eager to have a squishy soft leftist as POTUS? Is there really any control on this sort of thing?

[Stoat]

Is there really any control on this sort of thing?

I had thought there was, as evidenced by prominent notices at Boris Johnson's (now Mayor of London) webpage, stating that foreign campaign contributions were not accepted. 

Similarly, I'm seeing this at the FEC's site:

Quick Answers-General Questions

Can non-US citizens contribute?

Foreign nationals are prohibited from making any contributions or expenditures in connection with any election in the U.S. Please note, however, that "green card" holders (i.e., individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.) are not considered foreign nationals and, as a result, may contribute. For additional information, consult our "Foreign Nationals" brochure.

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I would be interested in learning how this happened, given these prohibitions.

[Bahbah]

Enchante, the Obama campaign brags all the time about the huge number of small contributions they get from the “grass roots.”

I have long suspected that there is some kind of scam going on. This would seem to support that suspicion.