Thursday, April 7, 2011

Japan tsunami scam

I received an email several weeks ago after the japan earthquake and tsunami occurred. This email came to me as out of the ordinary as the email states that she is a survivor of the quake and is now in Malaysia and seeking donations of any amount through her Malaysian friend.
See the email I received below.


I noted several problems with her story. 
  1. She claimed she was assisted by Malaysian rescuers and sent to Malaysia. This is highly an unlikely possibility as the Malaysia SMART team reportedly not on the earthquake zone due to logistic issues as reported here
  2. Furthermore, she could not have been sent to Malaysia as survivors were sent to local shelters in the Fukushima
  3. She even has option for Western Union transfer and the information given seems to be very incomplete.
ESET in its monthly global threats report wrote about similar schemes going round in light of the Japan disaster. I urge you to read on before deciding. The threat report can be found here




 

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