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Nearly £1m Raised For Madeleine Fund

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Original Source: SKY: 06 JULY 2007
Saturday July 07, 2007
 
The campaign to find missing Madeleine McCann has now raised almost £1m, her parents have said.

Gerry and Kate McCann said people have so far donated £901,234.89 to the Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned appeal.

And that figure could soon top £1m with a number of fund-raising events in the UK and abroad over the coming weeks.

The funds are being used to help find Madeleine and bring her abductors to justice. Any surplus funds will be used to help the cases of other missing children.

The four-year-old was snatched from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia Da Luz on the Algarve, southern Portugal, two months ago.

The McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, who have based themselves in Portugal since May spearheading an international public awareness campaign to raise her profile, believe she could still be found safe and well.

Some of the latest fund-raising events are:

:: Campaigners releasing 250 yellow balloons at Bryncrug Carnival in Mid-Wales on Saturday July 7.

:: Leicester Junior Doctors holding a Summer Ball on Friday July 13.

:: Casino Royale fund-raising night taking place in Hemel Hempstead on Friday July 13.

:: Five young girls, aged 11 and 12, selling yellow ribbons at their school in Seaford, East Sussex, on Saturday July 14.

:: Balloon release in Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday July 14.

:: Sponsored toddle in Ipswich on July 17.

:: Cake-eating contest in Nottingham on July 20.

Meanwhile, the McCanns have told of their "outrage" after a fraudulent £1.35m demand for information on Madeleine's whereabouts.

Dutch police arrested a man in the city of Eindhoven suspected of attempting to defraud the missing girl'd family.

The 39-year-old man, who has not been named, allegedly pretended to know where Madeleine was but demanded a payment of two million euros for the information.

Prosecutors said that the man had confessed to making the whole story up after his arrest.

Mr McCann said: "This extortion attempt has caused Kate and I considerable distress.

"We are particularly pleased that the Portuguese, British and Dutch police worked so closely together to secure an arrest."

Anyone with information about Madeleine's whereabouts is urged to contact Portuguese Police on 00351 282 405 400, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or an international Crimestoppers number on 0044 18 83 73 13 36.

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