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January 5, 2005

Tsunami Relief

There has been remarkable response and outpouring worldwide in donations and monetary relief for those affected in the Tsunami disaster.

Being technical, and working in privacy and email, I took note early on (as did others) that it took only hours following the disaster for Tsunami spam to appear. Like other scam spam, and phishing types of emails, the spammers preyed on the generosity of those around the world, and attracted them to donation sites and methods that were most likely not legitimate.

Google has listed some legitimate relief links - and in general I'd be leary about responding to any email about the tsunami, and use the link above to better ensure legitimacy.

At worst, do something to ensure that the message you've recieved or the donation channel your considering is legitimate.

Amazon has made a channel available through their affiliates, of which I am one (it doesn't take much to be one) - but I thought it was a good effort on their part to offer a reliable channel for those who'd like to donate. At the time of this posting Amazon has collected an amazing total of US $14,338,316.00 from 177321 dontations. The default is a $10 donation. The current average is $80.86. Here is the form

I imagine by now most people have donated something, but in case you hadn't, and specifically because of convenience, or fear of legitimate organizations to relay your donation, I thought I'd post this.

Posted by gcrgcr at January 5, 2005 11:20 AM

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