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* Online scammers exploit California wildfire disaster

Adrian Pickering

It should be easy to spot these scammers 

Their pants are on fire.

Shaun

Dangerous Game 

Didn't Arnie vow to personally hunt down and terminate anyone who tries to cash in on this disaster?

Alan Jenney

What is this "eeb" that Websense are scanning... 

Joke

... and shouldn't they be looking on the web instead?

Michael

Hmmm 

Coat

I was thinking about this the other day, and as long as the wording was done correctly, you could do something like this completely legally.

Have a whole site with information about the fires, etc. Death toll, acres burned, etc. Then you have a page that invites people to donate to those in need and put in a little notice that "those in need" does not necessarily refer to fire victims. Then funnel all the cash from those people still silly enough to donate money to you, right into your bank account. Hey, you're in need....of a new TV.

As long as you didn't claim to be collecting donations FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS, it seems to me you could do something like this quite legally.

Yeah, I'm a sick bastard. I know.

Dave Aronson

Someone's gotta say it.... 

Coat

Liar liar pants on fire!

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