Tsunami relief Phishing Scams & Fraud Reporting

Fraudulent Tsunami-Related Domains

Samples of Tsunami Relief Scam/Phishing letters and sites:

Dear Sir/Ma

I beg of you in the name of almighty God; whoever you may be, i got your e-mail address through my desperate search in the internet in a bid to solve my present pressing problems and misfortune.

My name is Franca smith,born into the British family of Mr. George Smith of 13, southwestern park, Liverpool. In summary, my parents and grand parents perished when we went on vacation in Sri Lanka due to the Tsunami Earthquake disaster. I am aged 17 and 2 of my younger ones, Ray, 14 and Monica, 10 are the only survivors from my family. My relatives were certified dead by rescue workers at 2pm on the 29th of December 2004.

We where in a camp in Sri Lanka, but thank God we are back to the UK now due to assistance from the British Government, I need assistance from whatsoever possible means,whether you are Asian, African, Americ! an! , European e.t.c so that I can at least pay myself through college. I do not have anyone to cater for me and my younger ones.

Before the untimely death of my Father he was a successful Business man, who deals on Hospital equipment and office furnitures, he was also a big contractor to the British Government. The security company in Italy where most of his funds where deposited informed me via mail that I have to clear up the funds as the next of kin, but I am only 17 which disqualifies me from standing in for my late father, so I seek for a beneficiary who is capable and willing to help us with this transaction. They said the money was too big ($7m) My father never told me the amount of the money I was shocked.

My Family lawyer told me to look for a beneficiary who will stand for me as my beneficiary to assist in clearing the money with the security company in Italy where the money is been deposited where it can easily be withdrawn or paid to a recommended beneficiary. The funds will be released to you by the Security Company,based on my recommendations, on that note, you will be presented as my partner who will be fronting for me and my family in any subsequent ventures. Myself and my siblings have decided to give 20% to you if you are able to help us claim this consignment.We have also decided to give you any money spent on phone calls or travelling expenses in the course of this transaction.

Please, I need your entire support and co-operation for the success of this transaction, your utmost confidentiality and secrecy is highly required, due to my family's present predicament.I sincerely will appreciate your willingness to assist us as soon as possible.That is my problem now, I will appreciate it alot. I will like to hear from you soon, with your full name and phone number,for easy contact with you.

Please I will prefer you reply me via my personal alternative e-mail address: mails4chrisann@yahoo.it

I beg of you in the name of God I need your assistance.

Ann Christopher.
mails4chrisann@yahoo.it

Before we get to letters, take a GOOD look at this Photo of a tsunami wave (from china, not the one which devastated Indonesia most recently. Some are using it to boost fund raising and yet others are using it to scam you out of your money. Either way it's WRONG to misrepresent such a horrible disaster for PROFIT!

(Click Image to enlarge it.)

Source: newsdesigner.com

It's helpful to review the Federal Trade Commission's Charity Checklist

The FTC works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices like these Tsunami Relief Scams To file a complaint with them or to get free information on wise giving, visit www.ftc.gov/charityfraud or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261

Fraudulent Tsunami Relief E-mails

-----Original Message-----
From: redcross-nederlands30@tiscali.fr
[mailto:redcross-nederlands30@tiscali.fr]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:48 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: PLEASE HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS, HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS

HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS, HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS.

THE RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS ZONE (B) HEREBY APPEALLING TO YOU FRIENDS,PUBLIC,FAMILIES AND COMPANIES, TO HELP US WITH ONLINE FUND RAISING TO ENABLE US TREAT OVER 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN AFFECTED WITH QUAKE/TSUNAMI DESASTER ACROSS ASIA.VISIT WWW.CNN.COM/TSUNAMI TO SEE WHY YOUR HELP/MONEY IS HIGHLY NEEDED.

HELP THE NEEDY,POOR AND SICK,NO AMOUNT IS SMALL FOR GOD LOVES A
CHEERFULL GIVER. IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE SENDING OF THE RELIEF FUNDS TO THE NEEDY URGENTLY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEND US YOUR DONATION/CONTRIBUTION IN HOLLAND BY EXPRESS MONEYGRAM TRANSFER SERVICES ( www.moneygram.com ) OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ( www.westernunion.com ) THROUGH THE NAME OF OUR FINANCIAL OFFICERS MRS ( LILIAN DAVID ) AND MR ( ROBERT JOHN ) RESPECTIVELY.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO RESPOND BACK TO US THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND PROVIDE US WITH THE TRANSFER DETAILS INCLUDING YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS ON OUR OFFICIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS: redcross_nederland@europe.com

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 FOTOS,NAMES AND BUSINESS ADVERTS IN OUR MAGAZINES AND WEBSITES AS DOES IN THE PAST YEARS.FOR THE LATER (VIP)S PLEASE SEND
US YOUR FOTOS AND BUSINESS DETAILS.

WE AWAITS YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AND THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATIONS AND GENEROSITY TO MANKIND.

YOURS SINCERELY,

JANZEN HALL
RELIEF COORDINATOR.

Email: janzenhall_redcross-nl@europe.com
Tel. +31-619106003
Fax +31-616206602.

From: ugemNula Nuwasito [mailto:nulanuwasito@netscape.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:21 AM
To: user@isp.com
Subject: Urgent Help(tsunami) nsou

Subject: Earthquake and Tsunamis in Indonesia (how we were affected)

Dear sir/madam.

My name is Nula Nuwasito; I am a victim of the recent Earthquake followed by the Tsunami that
wrecked our whole society of Banda Aceh Province in Indonesia resulting in painful death of my Parents.
My Late Father Mr. Lars Nuwasito is from Paramaribo in Suriname (South America) and my Mother from
Banda of Aceh Province in Indonesia, they got married in Suriname because Indonesia like Suriname
was a colony of The Netherlands, but they moved to settle in Indonesia when my Sister and I were born
and because Indonesia has better economy than Suriname, but my Sister and I was away in School in
the Capital Jakarta when this sorrowful incidence happened to my late parents and all other Families
affected by the Quake and the Tsunamis all around Sumatra and Aceh Province.

My Father and Mother owned a tourist resort and grocery store at No 71 Panglima Polim Street,
Banda Aceh in Indonesia, it was visited by numerous tourists from different countries on Holidays each
year but this tragic and devastating Tsunamis took the lives of my parents and many others.
My Late Parents saved much of their money in The Netherlands, not only because we were Dutch
Colony but also because we speak Dutch as an official Language in Suriname, I contacted my Parents
Lawyer in Hague and he has confirmed to me that my Parents has the sum of Ten Million United States
Dollars deposited in The Netherlands which will be claimed by me as next of Kin, but he also explained
to me that because I was not nationalized in Netherlands after Suriname got Independence from the
Netherlands I had no permission to settle there in that Country.
We have recovered the corpses of my Late Parents, although private, International and Government
Aids is coming in, it will not be any where enough to settle our problems, please I am hereby soliciting for
your assistance in clearing my Late father's money, while I will have the Lawyer arrange the necessary
document that will enable you have the power of Attorney to effect the funds release from Netherlands.
As soon as you show a sincere intentions to help me and my Sister, if you are business oriented with
experience in Holiday, Hotel and Resort business or have some idea on how to run a groceries shop, I
am willing to recommit the money for the full benefit of all (My Sister you and I) apart from that I shall be
willing to give a negotiable percentage of the money to you otherwise or alternatively, please contact me
on my email address as the telephone system is not functioning at the moment.

Thank you, I hope you understand our predicament and come to our assistance.

Nula Nuwasito

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Dear Sir,

Thanks once again for your patronage. As it is now we are not an american based agency and our branch in American is not functional so we can't give you an american address to which you can send it to but i can give you our office Address here in spain if it would be better for you to send the draft through. Details are below: C/ RIBERIA DE EBRE 2-1-3 43820 CALAFELL TARAGONA SPAIN. So we shall be expecting your draft and we shall keep you posted with the developments of your donation.

Yours Sincerely,

Micheal Gruber.

<<Dear Sir,

Thanks for the all. I have received and read your mail. It is now i understand all what you are saying. Dont be offended but it is because some people just send bogus emails to our organisation and alot of people are making fun of the situation when we are meant to be moaning this great loss the whold world has suffered. I am now convinced that you aren't like the others and do reaaly want to help this people. I have sent your name and the amount you proposed to send to our head office in romania. This is there account to which they have received numerous donations through, you can make yours through it. The details are below,

ROMEXTERRA BANK ARAD, ST REVOLUTIEI
NO: 68 BUCHAREST ROMANIA
SWIFT CODE: CRDZROBU
BENEF: OVERSEAS FINANCIAL GUARANTEE LTD
A/C NO: RO53CRDZ030A011270476001

Once you have made your donation through it send me the neccessary information i will need to give them in allowing us to receive your donation. I understand you age but i am 65 yrs of age and retired but i am doing this our of self sympathy for the people that lost there lives and the families. I will wait to hear from you. Once more thanks for patronizing of organisation.

Yours Sincerely,

Micheal Gruber.
Chief Consultant.

<<Dear Sir,

I thank you for your mail towards what we are trying to accomplish and pray that you will be blesses abudantly for your kind heartedness. We need to know the amount you want to send so that we would know if it would be done through Western Union money transfer or Through an account. Kindly let me know what you can do for our organisation and what you do will not be forgotten. Thank you and God Bless.

Yours Sincerely,

Micheal Gruber.

<<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 For further enquiries on how to make donations towards the Tsunamis Disaster Help Funds ( T D H F ). Please search your heart to donate wisely to those in need of aid after this terrible disaster.

Yours Sincerely,

Micheal Gruber.

----- Original Message -----
From: Importing H. Guitarist
To: Sabresfan
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:09 AM
Subject: sorry for that

Good day to you dear Mr. !

Excuse for not good
english;

I'm Eugeniy Rybkin - i am is 14 . i'm schoolboy of public school #44 at the
Rusia ...

mine daddy with sister travelled to Asia and have sunk in the
disaster in Indonesia 2weeks ago...

I have dared to make an E-mail and i send this letter to America.

If You may HELP me with something. PLEASE!..

Sir may send dollars
right from the USA
at Russia by the
Western Union and me here can receive dollars
in bank..

Your may give small sum using Western Union for me:

Moscow
RUSSIA

After that you will get CONTROL NUMBER and you control number only to me then I can
take your money;

Send CONTROL NUMBER ONLY to my personal e-mail:
sauronn123@mail.ru .!

I shall send the message
to you who will write to me Thank you in advance!

From: "Mr. Harmma Okuk" <hokuk2004@handbag.com
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:52 AM
Subject: TSUNAMI DISASTER/YOUR URGENT ATTENTION PLS

TSUNAMI DISASTER/YOUR URGENT ATTENTION PLS

Dear Friend,

Request for your Advise/Assistance.

Compliment of the season, and happy new year though is sad to me
I am Harmma Okuk eldest son of a fishing magnet Okuk Susumo, I
am from Kenya Nairobi, I must solicit your trust, sincerity, and honesty
on the below context after my personal search of your profile on the net
I am presently in the helm of affairs of my late fathers fishing business
(Canduala fisheries) As you well know that some weeks ago there was a
disaster
that wrecked havoc in Asia spreading to parts of Africa. It is sad to tell
you that I lost my dad, mum and siblings to this tragic incidence.

I was on a business trip when I heard this unfortunate news,
I immediately rushed down to see that the entire country was in
pandemonium,
the fishing company was leveled to the ground killing close to a thousand
workers in the factory, I am presently in a camp where the United nations
and the red cross organization arranged for our safety.I need to leave
this
place and start a better life anywhere in the world.

My late Dad deposited the sum of nine million three hundred thousand u.s
dollars [$9.3million USD] in Europe of which I have all document proving
the lodgment of funds, I need your assistance to help me in the transfer
of this funds to your country where As soon as funds gets to you, will
have
to send me part of the money so as to facilitate my coming over there. It
will also interest you that I would want to invest with the funds which
you will guide me
on investment plans there in your country, as here is not safe for me
now.I
have resolved to allow you with 15% of the tolal sum as your commission
for assisting me.

please my dear friend I do need your urgent help as the condition here is
pathetic.Get back to me via return mail to my private email address
hokuk2004@doramail.com

Thanks and God bless you while waiting your quick reply.
Harmma Okuk.

___________________________________________________________

From: private@postino.it [mailto:private@postino.it]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:41 AM
Cc: recipient list not shown:
Subject: DONATION FOR TSUNAMI CHILDREN.

10/01/2005

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to solicit your high esteem assistance for the victims of the Tsunami
that rocked the coastal countries in far away Asia on the boxing
day of the Christmas, 2004. The Earthquake that rocked the Pacific Ocean was
very devastating, leading to wanton distruction of lives and
properties. As much as 155,000 lives were lost to the mayhelm and more dead
bodies are still being recovered. Many families have been displaced
some of the survivals are critically lying ill in the hospitals that are not
well equipped to carter for the patients.Two-third of the victims
are children. This is the world worst earthquake on record. Many countries like

Australia, Germany, England, U.S.A, Norway, Suden, South Africa, France, Italy,

Japan, South Korea etc have pledged releif materials and donations to support
the victims. World Leaders have meet in Jarkata, Indonesia to discuss how
possible to disburse the relief materials. The materials are gradually getting
to the victims but in tricles. This was reported widely by most international
media.

Our Organization, GLOBAL YOUTH WELFARE ORGANIZATION is a world wide
organization to carter for the interest of the youths all over the world. We
are particularly concern in the catastrophic event in Asia that we consider it
necessary to ask for your assistance to raise funds for them. This news was
contained in a special speech of President, George W. Bush of United States of
America to help the victims both financially and in inform of relief materials.

These people need your assitance and suport in one way or the other to build
theirlives. The children need to start school due to some of the schools that
were not badly affected have resumed. But the trauma is still in the minds of
the children. There is need to make them pick up life once again.

However, I implore you to to send your donation in cash or in kind to the
secretary of the organization, Cole Anderson either by western union money
transfer or into the this account:

Cole Anderson.
6, Regent street, London.SW4.
Email: secretaryinterconrca@mail2agent.com

Account information: BANK OF CYPRUS LTD INTERNATIONAL.
BUSINESS UNIT 6017 LARNACA,CYPRUS.
SWIFT:BCYPCY2N01.
A/C#:0582-40-06-016557.
BENE:HANSARD SERVICES S.A

Every donation will be highly appreciated as we promise to send same to the
affected victims. God bless you as you send your donation. Send us
the information for the payment including your full name and address as we
intend to publish them in our quarterly report.

We look forward to receiving your donation at your fastest convenience.

Mrs. Regina Davies
for: GLOBAL YOUTH WELFARE ORGANIZATION

MYANMAR COUNCIL OF
CHURCH
601, PYAY ROAD,
UNIVERSITY P.O.,YANGON
10411,
MYANMAR,BURMA.

Dear Sir/Madam,
APPEAL FOR HELP.

This urgent appeal goes to all kind hearted , well meaning individuals, organisations,societies,churches ,non-governmental organisations e.t.c. We kindly appeal on behalf of our brethren and victims of the recent Tsunami Disaster in Thailand,Burma,Indonesia and Sri Lanka for a donation of a minimum sum of a 100 pounds sterling for the rehabilitation of survivors of this disaster which has claimed over a hundred thousand lives.All donations will be used for the provision of food,medicine,temporary shelter and the rehabilitation of the victims who are in desperate need. Your donations will be highly appreciated and will go a long way in saving our souls. All donations below 1000 pounds sterling should be sent via WESTERN UNION , THAILAND in the name of the general Church Secretary: REV. Hong Lee,on behalf of the MYANMAR COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. CONTACT EMAIL:rev_hong_burma@catholicexchange.com
Donations above 1000 Pounds Sterling should be made payable to
NAME OF BANK: BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LTD.
ACCOUNT NAME: REV. Hong Lee
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 101-7-75507-3
BANK ADDRES: 333 SILOM ROAD, BANGKOK 10500, THAILAND.
SWIFT CODE: BKKBTHBK
Endeavour to send the following details
*Full names
*address
*country
*Money Transfer Control Number(MTCN)-In the case of Western Union Money Transfer of any payments made to the above email address for official references. May the good Lord richly bless you as you donate to this good cause.Thank you and appreciate your soonest response.God be with you. Rev. Hong Lee.

Note:Since our communications system have virtually collapsed you can reach us on telephone/fax through our sister coordinating branch in London.
Tel:+ 44 704 011 0768
Fax:+ 44 77 33 23 552

----- Original Message -----
From: <tsunamivictims_aid@tiscali.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:06 AM
Subject: TSUNAMI VICTIMS AIDS APPEAL.

TSUNAMI VICTIMS AIDS APPEAL.

Dear Sir/Madam.

We are from a small village in the Banda/Aceh Region
in Indonesia affected by the recent Tsunami
Quakes/floods disaster that swept through South
Eastern Asia.
We have been rendered homeless and have lost all we
have in life. Many foreign tourists also were affected
by the quakes.

Since we have no other way to survive as of now and
have lost most of our relations and children, we have
decided to write this letter of APPEAL FOR DONATIONS.

We will be very grateful if you can assist us with any
amount of money to enable us start a new lease of
life. Our little business have been swept off by the
floods and we cannot go and steal. All we need is
money to rehabilitate and start business again to make
a living.

We are sending this mail to many people all over the
world for assistance as we cant help ourselves. The
United Nations and other world bodies/organisations
are helping but it is mostly in Clothes, water and
medicaments. So we need your assistance Sir/Madam and
we pray that God will reward you abundantly for
listening to the voice of the less priviledged and
people whose life have been devastated by a natural
disaster.

Any Donation can be sent to us through our nominated
bank account below:

BANK: KOREA EXCHANGE BANK, ITAEWON BRANCH,
SEOUL. SOUTH KOREA
SWIFT CODE: KOEXKRSE,
A/C #: 089-JSD-101464-3,
A/C NAME: MOJEKWU VICTOR,
BENEFICIARY: TSUNAMI AIDS APPEAL

Please do not hesitate to reach us with a copy of the
transfer slip for any money sent to our designated
account for our records and also for reconciliations
with the bank.

Your assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Mr Teh Ho
For: Banda/Aceh Victims of Tsunami
Indonesia

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 )

FROM: Tsunami Prediction
EMAIL SUBJECT: Danger - Tsunami

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING!

A huge 300 ft. high ocean wave is moving towards your continent. Your and many other cities are in a real danger. Approximate wave moving speed is 700 km/h.

Please read more about this catastrophe here:

We are strongly urging you to evacuate yourself and your family as soon as possible, even though you may live far away from your city. The tsunami will reach the continent in approximately FOUR hours.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!