May 20 2008
Spamming When We Want to Help
I hate it when any system is abused by using our compassion for our fellow man to make a buck.
During times of disaster the spammers have been known to take advantage of our desire to help each other by phishing us and getting our information.
Because of the recent earthquakes in China, there are scams running to “donate” money to help these people and the only thing you will be doing is making someone else rich.
Please don’t get scammed, but please do whatever you can to help. If you can donate money, go straight to a site and donate.
More information here:
US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) warning
Federal Trade Commission’s Charity Checklist
