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I know all my flisters are too smart for this but I thought I'd post it anyway:
(Remember to give ONLY to reputable organizations--the Red Cross, etc.)
Assholes taking advantage of generous strangers.
Suspicious Web pages supposedly raising money for Gulf Coast relief efforts keep springing up about as fast as authorities can shut them down. The latest are www.hurricanekatrinapics.com, www.hurricanekatrinarelief.com and www.katrinadamage.com, all of which ask for Paypal donations but do not make any claims that the money collected will benefit any relief organizations.
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SANS also is reporting another e-mail scam that tries to trick recipients into clicking a link in the body of the message. The link attempts to install computer code that could give attackers complete control over your computer. The subject line of the e-mail: "Is Government Reaction to Katrina Because of Loss of Life, or Loss of Property?" If you receive this e-mail, just hit the delete button.
And especially despicable:
The Internet Storm Center's chief technology officer, Johannes Ullrich, pointed me to a few more apparently fraudulent Katrina-relief Web site addresses. These URLs all point to a single site that accepts PayPal donations but shows no indication of being affiliated with any nationally recognized charity.
Those sites include: www.neworleanscharities.com, www.donate-katrina.com, www.christiandonations.org parishdonations.com, www.clergydonations.com, www.katrinafamilies.com, www.katrina-donations.com www.internetdonations.org. Each will forward visitors to Internetdonations.org, which is registered to one Frank Weltner, 64, of St. Louis. Internet address records show Weltner also is the curator for a site called JewWatch.com. The site claims it "is NOT a hate site," but rather "a scholarly research archive of articles." A cursory glance at the links, however, indicates that the "research" may be a bit one-sided. (Editor's note: The site did not appear to be available at 2:15 p.m. ET today.)
(Remember to give ONLY to reputable organizations--the Red Cross, etc.)
Assholes taking advantage of generous strangers.
Suspicious Web pages supposedly raising money for Gulf Coast relief efforts keep springing up about as fast as authorities can shut them down. The latest are www.hurricanekatrinapics.com, www.hurricanekatrinarelief.com and www.katrinadamage.com, all of which ask for Paypal donations but do not make any claims that the money collected will benefit any relief organizations.
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SANS also is reporting another e-mail scam that tries to trick recipients into clicking a link in the body of the message. The link attempts to install computer code that could give attackers complete control over your computer. The subject line of the e-mail: "Is Government Reaction to Katrina Because of Loss of Life, or Loss of Property?" If you receive this e-mail, just hit the delete button.
And especially despicable:
The Internet Storm Center's chief technology officer, Johannes Ullrich, pointed me to a few more apparently fraudulent Katrina-relief Web site addresses. These URLs all point to a single site that accepts PayPal donations but shows no indication of being affiliated with any nationally recognized charity.
Those sites include: www.neworleanscharities.com, www.donate-katrina.com, www.christiandonations.org parishdonations.com, www.clergydonations.com, www.katrinafamilies.com, www.katrina-donations.com www.internetdonations.org. Each will forward visitors to Internetdonations.org, which is registered to one Frank Weltner, 64, of St. Louis. Internet address records show Weltner also is the curator for a site called JewWatch.com. The site claims it "is NOT a hate site," but rather "a scholarly research archive of articles." A cursory glance at the links, however, indicates that the "research" may be a bit one-sided. (Editor's note: The site did not appear to be available at 2:15 p.m. ET today.)
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