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Haiti Earthquake SEO Poisoning


Tuesday's Haiti Earthquake had not only caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, but also a huge number of cybercrimes. A lot of domain names related to Haiti tragedy have been registered recently, however, not all of them are dedicated to honorable causes. Read more.
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bryan Posted on: Jan 15 2010, 01:00
Here're scam examples from SOPHOS spamtraps:

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Subject: Help Earthquake victims in Haiti

From: “RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL”

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Hello Sir/Madam

The Red Cross international Turkey hereby appeal to you friends, public, families and companies, to help us with online fund raising to enable us treat Haiti Earthquake victims affected with Earthquake disaster across North America. Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8455774.stm to see why your help/money is highly needed.

Help the needy, poor and sick, no amount is small for God loves a cheerful giver. In order to expedite the sending of the relief funds to the needy urgently, you are advised to send us your donation/contribution to Turkey by express Western Union Money Transfer ( www.westernunion.com ) through the name of our financial officers Mrs. Joyce Henendez and Mr. Loreto Hassan respectively.

You are advised to respond back to this mail and provide us with the transfer details including your contact address.

N.B: Donators from 100 to 4500 Euros will only have their names appeared in our relief magazines and websites while those donations above ( 5000 Euros) to any amount will have a space for their photos, names and business adverts in our magazines and websites. Please send us your photos and business details.

We await your urgent response and thanks for your co-operations and generosity to mankind.

Yours sincerely,

Gul Jasmine

Relief Coordinator.
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