[chapter-delegates] [Fwd: Tsunami e-mail abuse....]

Thu Jan 6 02:23:21 PST 2005

Franck:

It's even worse than we stated. See the article below, dated January 6,
2005 that contains important information from the FBI regarding Internet
Tsunami Relief Scams (ITRS):

http://www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d87e7rd83.xml

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Tips from the article:

State officials and watchdog groups offer the following advice for
potential donors:

_ Contact the Better Business Bureau, the White House's USA Freedom Corps,
an office that encourages volunteering, or the state office that tracks
charities to verify the organization you intend to make a donation.

_ Do not give out personal or financial information such as Social
Security, credit card and bank account numbers to anyone soliciting a
donation.

_ Do not give cash and ask for a receipt showing the amount of the
contribution and showing it is tax-deductible.

_ Ask what percentage of your donation will support the cause described in
the appeal.

_ Go directly to Web sites of recognized charities instead of following
links sent in unsolicited e-mails, which could be fraudulent.

_ Be wary of e-mails that claim to show pictures of disaster areas in
attached files; they may contain viruses.

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Best regards,

William F. Slater, III
President, ISOC-Chicago
slater at billslater.com

> [ From Bill Slater, writing on Christmas Holiday from Warsaw, Poland,
> January 6, 2005, 11:13 AM (GMT+1).
>
> Hello Frank,
>
> Good point.  Just yesterday, I received the following information below
> from one of the Security E-Mail Newsletters that I subscribed to.
>
> The Internet and web have become a humongous electonic cess pool.  You
> cannot be too careful in my opinion.
>
> By the way, my tsunami website is at
> http://billslater.com/tsunami_2004_1226/index.htm
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> William F. Slater, III
> President, ISOC-Chicago
> slater at billslater.com
>
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> [ Note: Copied verbatim, complete with typos, bad grammer and
> misspellings.  WFS]
>
>
> Wednesday: January 05, 2005
>
> A new fraudulent email has begun circling the Internet. It claims to be
> from an Asian charity helping the victims of the recent devastating
> Tsunami that hit South-East Asia.
>
> A member of an anti-scam forum has said, Nigerian scammers have sent out
> an email, originating from Lagos in Nigeria, claiming to be from a
> Singaporean charity that is involved with the relief effort. They ask that
> recipients send money by Western Union to help out the victims of the
> disaster.
>
> The fraudulent email states:
>
> DEAR SIR/MADAM
>
> SIR WE WANT TO SAKE YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT FINANCIALY FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF
> THE DISSASTER FOR THE DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE ASIA TSUNAMIS EARTHQUAKE
> ATTACK. WE ARE SLOID FOUNDATION A HUMANITARY AND NON GOVERNMENTAL
> ORGANISATION IN ASIA.
>
> PLEASE WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT WITH AT LIST
>
> 100 DOLLAR UPWARD TO ASSIT MORE THAN 2,000,000 DISPLACED PEOPLE AND OVER
> 500,000 HOMELESS, AND over 33,000 poeple are dead and we need to assit the
> families of the dead people. WE NEEDED THE FUNDS TO HELP GET FOOD,
> MATERIALS, DRUGS, FUEL, ETC...
>
> YOU CAN SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO ANY OF OUR CENTRES IN ASIA.  All donations
> by cash should be send by western union money transfer. When you send in
> your donation, send it by cheque or money order. That way you can trace
> it, you have a printed record of it and you also have something for tax
> purposes, said Sheila Charneski, with the BBB.
>
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>
>> It seems we have a new form of SPAM.
>>
>> Just to alert you... I sent the message below internally after receiving
>> that:
>>
>> This boy is about 2 years old. Found and taken from Khao Lak Resort
>> Area, the southern part of Thailand. His parents are missing. His
>> nationality cannot be identified.
>>
>> Please take a look at the attached pictures of this victim (a 2 years
>> old boy) from Tsunami. If you do not know him, please forward his
>> pictures to your friends or organization in your country for further
>> publication.
>>
>> I thank you all for extending kindness to this boy.
>>
>>
>> With kind regards,
>>
>> Tess Ruktapurana
>> Thai Airways International PCL
>>
>> [Picture of sick white boy]
>>
>> I don't know the extent of the problem, Not sure what ISOC can do, but
>> may be they could contact the right people to issue some sort of
>> warning. I think there are already too many people abusing the event
>> (kids adoption/kidnapping in Indonesia).
>>
>> However, if someone can ensure me this message is true, then I will help
>> to rewrite it, so it's authenticity can be easily verified.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: 	Tsunami e-mail abuse....
>> Date: 	Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:30:00 +1200
>> From: 	Franck Martin <franck at sopac.org>
>> Organization: 	SOPAC
>> To: 	SOPAC Everyone
>>
>>
>>
>> All, please be aware.
>>
>> It seems there are now a couple of e-mails circulating around about
>> missing persons. They ask you to forward the e-mail to as many people
>> you know. DON'T!!
>>
>> If the e-mail does not contain any detailed and authoritative
>> information on a person to contact if you know the missing person, it is
>> a hoax only there to saturate the Internet and especially our bandwidth.
>>
>> Do not be gullible, naif, or too sensitive, be alert!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> Franck Martin
>> ICT Specialist
>> franck at sopac.org
>> SOPAC, Fiji
>> GPG Key fingerprint = 44A4 8AE4 392A 3B92 FDF9  D9C6 BE79 9E60 81D9 1320
>> "Toute connaissance est une reponse a une question" G.Bachelard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Franck Martin
>> ICT Specialist
>> franck at sopac.org
>> SOPAC, Fiji
>> GPG Key fingerprint = 44A4 8AE4 392A 3B92 FDF9  D9C6 BE79 9E60 81D9 1320
>> "Toute connaissance est une reponse a une question" G.Bachelard
>>
>>
>
>

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