Tsunami scams beset Internet - The Washington Times: Business - January 04, 2005

Tsunami scams beset Internet - The Washington Times: Business - January 04, 2005: "Tsunami scams beset Internet
By Chris Baker
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Internet scammers have pounced on the outpouring of good will toward the victims of the Asian tsunami in their latest scheme to con people out of their money.
Fake fund-raising messages have landed in the e-mail boxes of Internet users in the United States and other countries since the Dec. 26 catastrophe. Some of the messages appear to be direct appeals from the survivors; others "