Hoaxers emerge to add to the misery - Asia tsunami - www.theage.com.au

Hoaxers emerge to add to the misery - Asia tsunami - www.theage.com.au: "Hoaxers emerge to add to the misery
By Bridie Smith
Consumer Affairs Reporter
January 4, 2005
Hoaxes and scams have started to emerge a week after the devastating tsunami.
A site carrying Red Cross badging was pulled from the web yesterday after it emerged that the Tasmanian site had nothing to do with the aid body.
Before the site was pulled, The Age called the mobile number it listed above a Hobart address. A man answered and, after questioning, conceded he was not linked to the Australian Red Cross. He said he was 'just doing his bit' and that he had already collected $10,000, which would be forwarded to the Australian Red Cross.
'What I am doing is setting up a small website and trying to take donations . . . and what I do is transfer funds off to Red Cross,' he said."