Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Charity scams

Charity scams
5 Tips: How to make sure you're really giving to a charity.

Even before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, scammers were hard at work trying to get your charity dollars.

The FBI estimates there are over 2,300 Web sites dealing with aid for Hurricane Katrina victims. They suspect most of those sites to be fake. After Hurricane Katrina scammers are four times more prevalent than after September 11th, according to the watchdog site www.Scambusters.org.


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