Thursday, September 08, 2005

Hurricane Katrina The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online

Hurricane Katrina The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "Millions of people in America and around the world are giving generously to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, but internet fraudsters are working frantically to trick them out of their donations, creating deceptive websites and sending illegal e-mails.

US charities have raised more than $500 million in donations and pledges so far, more than twice the amount offered for victims in the ten days after the September 11 attacks, but they are being forced to compete with hundreds of charlatans.

In Missouri, authorities have acted to close down a series of websites, including parishdonations.com and katrinafamilies.com, which are believed to have been set up by an organisation of white supremacists."

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