Monday, January 31, 2005

Charity frauds exploit tsunami

Charity frauds exploit tsunami: "Charity frauds exploit tsunami

By GAIL LIBERMAN, Special to the Daily News

Sunday, January 30, 2005
Chances are you want to effectively donate to help victims of the tsunami crisis. But how?
There are a lot of worthy causes clamoring for your support. Yet, already the FBI has issued warnings � largely to be careful of online fraudsters seeking money to help tsunami victims.
Former President Clinton, on Larry King's television show, recently said that viewers could find reliable charities to help tsunami victims at www.freedomcorp.gov. The charities on that list, Clinton assured viewers, had been vetted.

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