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The Phony Charity Scam – Part Two
On Friday (1-7-05), President Bush signed into law a bill extending the deadline through Jan. 31, 2005 for claiming charitable contributions in 2004. As long as taxpayers give cash and it goes to aid victims of the South Asia tsunamis. This will certainly produce a spike in Scamers and Fruadsters trying to steal either your donation or your idenity.
The Phony Charity Scam
The recent powerful earthquakes and deadly tsunamis in South Asia has killed over 70,000 people. I’m sure this devastating event tugs at your heart strings and results in many folks sending donations to their favorite charity. Unfortunately, Spammers are already planning to exploit this event and worst of all, phony charities will proliferate.