A British man has been found out to be behind 35 emails sent to family and friends of missing which purported to be from the "Foreign Office Bureau" in Thailand. These emails were sent to people who had placed appeals for information on a website set up by Sky News television.
The British government would not use email to convey news of the death of a loved one
More information can be found in this article from NEWS.com.au
The site, www.incybernet.com, features the Red Cross appeal logo, but it is not affliated with the Red Cross in any way. DO NOT donate any cash to them.
E-mails falsely claiming to be from Oxfam and urging people to donate money were also being sent in Hong Kong. These e-mails directed well-intentioned donors to deposit money in a bank account in Cyprus.
Authorities do not know yet just how much these hoaxes have ripped off donors.
Hoax mobile messages are going around in Singapore and India (and now Friendster too), with this message: "Alert everyone: very dangerous virus, Zulican virus is spreading through seafood. So please avoid eating seafood and pass this message to all of your friends."
There is NO SUCH virus and there is nothing wrong with the fish.
More information can be found on NEWS.com.au in this article.
It's just disgusting how some idiots can take advantage of well-meaning people.
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