Katrina Scams - Preying on Compassion
It has been about 2 weeks since Katrina changed everything from individual lives to how the world views the United States and I’ve received only one piece of spam on the matter.The subject was “Police and Mayor Have Run Away From New Orleans” and the email was trapped when CMS Praetor filter discovered the address on a DNS Blacklist.
This one piece of Katrina spam surprised me because in reality, thousands of Katrina related Internet sites (According to CNN "over 2300") have popped up.
For illegal sites, the American Red Cross is the most imitated, no surprise there. After the FBI examined over 800 of these sites, FBI assistant director Louis M. Reigel stated “60 percent have an international connection in Eastern Europe, Asia and elsewhere, and are presumed to be bogus”.
Again no surprise at the location of the scam sites. Falling outside the jurisdiction of US law (just a little dig at CAN-SPAM here) these scam sites operate with little fear of prosecution.
So do what you can but be aware that there are lots of folks lurking that will gladly separate you from your money for selfish evil reasons.
There is a note about the American Red Cross on the CMS home page. If you have the inclination visit and follow the link. It should be up for another week or so.
AAS
Tags: spam filter antispam spam
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