Tsunami scams are here
The Nigerian widows have apparently got a new gig going: scamming people for tsunami relief. Here's the email:

TSUNAMIS DISASTER EMERGENCY
Dear Sir/Madam,

With sympathy and heavy laden hearts, we hereby appeal to your sense of generosity to assist by donating any amount you can afford towards The "TSUNAMIS DISASTER HELP FUNDS", which is aimed at assisting the victims of the Asians Tsunamis which took place on Sunday the 26TH December, 2004 .

We are a non- governmental charity organisation with offices and members across 5 continents namely Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Our goal is to assist poor, innocent survivals of both man-made and natural disasters. Our officials and members are scattered in places in needs of human and material relief as seen in cases of Sudan ( Darfur ) and Haiti etc.

We would appreciate it, if you can send us an email ( Via donatingfund@europe.com ) For further enquiries on how to make donations towards the Tsunamis Disaster Help Funds ( T D H F )

Note there are no names included - not the names of the solicitors nor the name of their worldwide relief organization. ouldn't you think that a relief organization operating on five continents would have a name well known enought to incude in its appeals? And would an outfir that big be trolling for donations by mass emails?

I already posted a couple of valid places to send donations. It's a shame how much money will be diverted from legitimate agencies to these criminals.

by Donald Sensing, 12/29/2004 02:06:24 PM. Permalink |