Online scammers prep for Gustav, say researchers

[Whoa_Nelly]

Source: ComputerWorld

Online scammers prep for Gustav, say researchers
Nearly 100 domains registered, perhaps for repeat of Katrina phishing attacks

By Gregg Keizer

August 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Nearly 100 domains related to Hurricane Gustav have been registered in the past 48 hours,security experts said Sunday, some of which may be used by bogus charity and relief scams after the storm strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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On Saturday, Marcus Sachs, the director of the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC), noted that numerous domains containing the word "gustav," "charity," "hurricane," and "relief" had been recently registered.

"On the day Katrina hit New Orleans hundreds of donation sites appeared online, many if not most were scam sites," said Sachs in a post yesterday to the ISC research blog. "Well this time around it looks like the people who like to register domain names in anticipation of a storm's arrival have already started registering them for Gustav."

By Sunday, Sachs had listed almost 100 Gustav sites culled from the DomainTools' Web site. "Most of these sites are parked domains and many of them are for sale," he said. "They will be worth monitoring, particularly if 'donate here' messages appear."

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[RavensChick]

1. Oh, no!

Anything to make a quick buck! That's why I'm so glad for spam filters 'cause I'm already seeing them pop up in my inbox!

Have these people have no shame? They don't realize that at the end of the day, Someone higher and greater than all of us is watching!

[Historic NY]

2. Beware of people asking you for McSame campaign contributions...

its all a scam to think they will give you help.