Scammers Exploit San Diego Fire28.10.2007 00:01 Computers WebSense, a security firm headquartered in fire-savaged San Diego, is warning that scammers are milking the tragic situation by masquerading as charity organizations.
Websense posted an image showing one suspicious eBay auction purporting to be a request for donations from the San Diego Fire Rescue Relief Effort. "Please put the item you want to buy aside for a short time and take in consideration of helping," the listing reads. "The money will be used to buy those children a hope because we all know that the families will not be able to it [sic] themselves." Websense urged potential donors to make sure they're dealing with legitimate organizations; if possible, by taking the initiative to contact agencies rather than responding to solicitations. "Be very careful of people reporting to be agencies such as the Red Cross asking for donations or requesting you to visit their Web sites," the security firm said in its posting. "They may be fraudulent or hosting malicious code designed to steal information such as banking details." Websense itself has been seeing to its employees' welfare. "Our top priority right now is the safety of our employees and their families," the company said in a release. Websense's headquarters are outside of the evacuation area and hasn't sustained any damage or outages due to the fires, but on Monday the company encouraged San Diego-based employees to stay home if necessary. On Tuesday, the company shut down its headquarters so employees could focus on keeping their families safe and dealing with evacuation. Source: techzonez.comwww.alllee.com |
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