Con artists capitalise on the relief efforts post tsunami
Scam artists have begun setting up fictitious Web sites similar to charitable organizations based, donations to victims of the tsunami on Dec. 26 killed at least 150000 people in South Asia - then steal personal financial information of candidates contributors.
The style, known as “phishing” has long been popular with fraudsters experienced technology, but it was not such a large scale until now, consumer groups said.
“With artists are on strike, if the iron is hot,” said Bennett Weiner, Chief Operating Officer of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. “Everyone wants to help, and there are people who want to use them.”
Phishing with an artist are thousands if not millions of e-mails masking formal complaint by a great love. The e-mail directs potential donors on a Web site, demand for credit card. One of these similar to the site of the American Red Cross.
Consumer groups and security firms have indicated they are not surprised, because to give online, become so popular. Several of the largest charities in the USA reported a record amount of donations through their Web sites since the disaster.
Total private donations Americans have inflated $ 300 million spent, and more donations are to be feared, because the House of Representatives and the Senate last week, a law allows unanimously that everyone has the right to a tax in 2004, for a tsunami aid measures donation, January 31, 2005.
“Three or four years, this was not the kind of Spam with refinement, but if 9 / 11 happening now, we see the same kind of [systems] happens,” said David Zumwalt, CEO of privacy, Dallas — Internet-based security companies.
A donor be in danger, even if it does newspapers on sites and not to give up all the information.
Spyware, known may collect financial information such as credit card numbers stored on the hard disk of a computer and send it again spammers. More sophisticated spy collects a user’s recent keyboard, which may personal information.
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