Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Charity donors hit by new email scam

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Charity donors hit by new email scam: "Charity donors hit by new email scam

Warning over fake websites

Patrick Barkham
Thursday January 6, 2005
The Guardian

A new breed of email scams is exploiting the generosity of people who have rushed online to donate money to the relief effort, an internet watchdog warned last night.
The first of the tsunami cons have already hit inboxes in America and Britain. One is a modification of the classic Nigerian scam letter, but another is a more sophisticated phishing operation, in which potential donors receive an email luring them into making donations to a fake website"