KC9ANQ
01-06-2005, 07:34 PM
TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF FRAUD ALERT!
Don’t be scammed.
Why should we be surprised? Criminals are using email and websites to siphon charitable contributions for tsunami victims into their own pockets.
What kind of schemes?
1. False websites have been established that pretend to be legitimate relief organizations asking for donations—one of which contains an imbedded Trojan exploit that can infect your computer with a virus if accessed.
2. Unsolicited incoming emails (SPAM) that offer, for a fee, to locate loved ones who may have been a disaster victim.
3. Unsolicited emails requesting that money be deposited in overseas banks to support the tsunami relief effort.
4. Unsolicited emails which seek personal or financial information in an effort to retrieve large amounts of inheritance funds tied up in relation to the tsunami disaster
http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
Don’t be scammed.
Why should we be surprised? Criminals are using email and websites to siphon charitable contributions for tsunami victims into their own pockets.
What kind of schemes?
1. False websites have been established that pretend to be legitimate relief organizations asking for donations—one of which contains an imbedded Trojan exploit that can infect your computer with a virus if accessed.
2. Unsolicited incoming emails (SPAM) that offer, for a fee, to locate loved ones who may have been a disaster victim.
3. Unsolicited emails requesting that money be deposited in overseas banks to support the tsunami relief effort.
4. Unsolicited emails which seek personal or financial information in an effort to retrieve large amounts of inheritance funds tied up in relation to the tsunami disaster
http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm