from circlek's journal.

[scottobear]

Alert -- Scammers target World Trade Center Relief
Scambusters.org and several news sites have received alerts that there are scammers out there promoting sites that are
supposedly for relief organizations (or promising to donate money from sales of product.) Please pass the word to your less
technically adept friends not to fall for it. This is a list of OFFICIAL sites for monetary assistance.

http://www.unitedway.org/ -- NOTE: This has a DIRECT link to the New York City United Way, where you can directly
contribute to the September 11th fund.

http://www.redcross.org
http://www.helping.org
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.paypal.com

Let's fight disinformation and greed with the truth.

Comments

[zoe.livejournal.com]

I got 14 (count em 14!!!!) peices of spam in my email box this morning under the guise of relief efforts.

It is so disgusting.

Thanks for the alert!

Re:

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

ugh... I'm sorry you were hit with that!

quite welcome!

[saerlaithe.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that people would be that greedy! It's sickening. *grumblegrumble*

Thanks for the link to some official ones!

Re:

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

quite welcome! yeah, people profiting form pain are among the most vile.