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Posted on January 15, 2010 | tags

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U.S., World: Cashing in on misery: Beware Haiti relief scams, guys

250 people were victimized in a 2005 scam revolving around a Hurricane Katrina relief fund
$48,000 was bilked using PayPal by two Texas brothers; they were convicted in 2007

Some people have no soul, apparently. Consumer watchdog groups (as well as the Feds) are warning that scammers could try to take advantage of the Haitian earthquake tragedy, playing on emotion to try to bilk you of your money. Scammers like these showed up during both the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. So keep an eye out, kids. It could be bad. source

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