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Today's News: Thursday May 03, 2007

 

North America  Archives

George and Bill, together at last
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... on NBC's telethon to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster ... we strenuously objected to you insinuating that it was a fraud ...," according to ...

Zimbabwean man arrested in Canada for running tsunami charity scam
Zim Observer - Zimbabwe
... going door to door across Toronto collecting tsunami relief for a non-existent charity, police alleged ... or how long he's been running the scam, but want ...

Tsunami survivor picked up after 15 days at sea  (no longer available from www.lanthorn.com)
The Lanthorn - USA
... billions of dollars in relief funds and to investigate any credible allegations of fraud. ... the coast after losing more than 30,000 people to the tsunami disaster ...

Tsunami relief site stirs up concern Southbury woman glad Web (no longer available from http://www.rep-am.com)
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
... it was the first potential scam to come out of the tsunami.". Kaplan and his mother told reporters he intended to donate any proceeds to charity, but Tirado's ...

Tsunami Charity Scam Warnings Issued (no longer available from The Kansas City Star)
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
MIAMI - With private donations pouring into charities, law enforcement officials say scam artists claiming to represent tsunami relief organizations are using e ...

Tsunami Charity Scam Tips (no longer available from Newsday.com)
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
By The Associated Press. * Contact the Better Business Bureau, the White House's USA Freedom Corps, an office that encourages volunteering ...

Giving for tsunami relief
CNN/Money - USA
... Don't let this scam deter you from doing your ... make your donation directly on a charity's Web site ... of charities accepting donations for the tsunami, and their ...

FBI Warns of Tsunami Charity Scams
InternetNews.com - Darien,CT,USA
... This scam is a variation of the Nigerian Letter Scam, where a supposed dignitary ... In China the incidents of tsunami Internet scams have reached a point where ...

 

Europe  Archives

Mastercard and NameProtect unite against Tsunami Scammers
Spamfo.co.uk - UK
... fraud detection company, NameProtect Inc, are offering their services to help federal agencies around the world find and prevent scammers stealing tsunami ...

French TV Allegedly Using Threats to Avert Fraud Probe
Cybercast News Service - Alexandria,VA,USA
... Full Story. (CNSNews.com) - Reports that Christian missionaries have taken 300 Muslim "tsunami orphans" to a Christian children's home come as an unwelcome ...

Tsunami scammer: rescueteam.com
Portalino - Italy
... for the lowliest of low-life scammers to try to earn a buck on the tsunami catastrophe in ... in the US, and has a history of being used for spam and fraud, but it ...

Sick tsunami scam
Evening Telegraph - UK
... being targeted by a sick email scam, purporting to ... tied up in relation to the tsunami disaster ... from donating money to the registered charity tsunami appeals, we ...

Auction site scraps charity fees
This is London - London,England,UK
... eBay has scrapped fees on tsunami charity donations following ... One called the fees a 'greedy corporate scam'. ... waiving fees for every charity auction organised ...

 

Africa  Archives

Tsunami fraud hits SA
News24 - South Africa
Pretoria - Police warned on Monday that fraudsters were circulating letters in which they claimed to be victims of South Asia's tsunami disaster, in order to ...

 

Asia  Archives

Scam artists hitch a ride on tsunami relief effort
Channel News Asia - Singapore
... online, in the form of fake charity websites and ... for fraudsters, the scale of the tsunami catastrophe -- and ... warnings for the public to beware of scam artists. ...

 

South America

 

Australia  Archives

Man held over tsunami fraud charges
ABC Online - Australia
A Queensland man charged with fraudulently collecting tsunami relief funds is being ... the Cairns Magistrates Court yesterday charged with three counts of fraud. ...

Tsunami fraud accused on bail
Townsville Bulletin - Northern Australia, Australia
By PETER WEX. THE man accused of using the tsunami disaster to fraudulently collect relief donations in Cairns has maintained his innocence. ...

 

Middle East

 

Elsewhere in the World  Archives

Police warn of tsunami fraud scam
Borneo Bulletin - borneo, Brunei Darussalam
"419 fraud scam offenders are now actively involved in circulating scam letters involving the tsunami disaster," said police spokesman Ronnie Naidoo, using the ...

 

International Organizations  Archives

Tsunami response may be UN's chance to salvage reputation
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... and fraud in the oil-for-food program in prewar Iraq, the United Nations has promised a clear and precise accounting of all money donated for tsunami relief. ...