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size=2><SPAN class=981460417-08092005>Wayne,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=981460417-08092005>Thank you for this post. It has come
to our attention at the Sheriff's Office that there are more than 2,000 false
"donation" websites collecting money for victims. Rather than
actually collecting money for victims, the website hosts are collecting money
for personal gain. Please be careful about sending money to any
organization that doesn't have a known reputation for honest
practices. And, of course, if you think you have been the victim of a
scam, contact your local law enforcement agency.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=981460417-08092005>On a lighter note, Officer Marie Miller
and the Moscow Police Department filled a U-Haul trailer yesterday with boxes
and boxes of donated toiletries, clothes, and food donated by members of our
community. Way to go, Marie and Palouse area
residents!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=981460417-08092005>Jennifer </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Detective Jennifer L. McFarland<BR>Latah County Sheriff's
Office<BR>Public Information Officer<BR>PO Box 8068<BR>Moscow, Idaho
83843<BR>(208) 882-2216<BR>Fax (208) 883-2281<BR><BR>Truth is the summit of
being; justice is the application of it to affairs.<BR>***Ralph Waldo
Emerson<BR><BR> </FONT> </P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Art
Deco<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:00<BR><B>To:</B> Vision
2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Another reason to give, but very
carefully<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<H3>Source: Washington Post</H3>
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<H3>Missouri Attorney General To Sue Katrina Phisher</H3>
<P>The Missouri attorney general today filed civil charges against <A
href="http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/katrinarelated_.html">an
Internet scam artist I wrote about last Thursday</A> who was running a hub of
Web sites that claimed to be accepting donations on behalf of Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts.</P>
<P>Today a Missouri federal judge signed a temporary restraining order against
<STRONG>Frank Weltner</STRONG>, 64, of St. Louis, Mo., that prohibits him from
accepting donations through the slew of Web sites he registered with names like
www.donate-katrina.com, www.clergydonations.com, and www.internetdonations.org.
Weltner is also the owner of <STRONG>JewWatch.com</STRONG>, a decidedly
anti-Semitic Web site. </P>
<P>According to the Missouri AG's complaint, Weltner conveniently "omitted the
fact that the ultimate company behind the Defendants’ websites support white
supremacy and that the money raised from the consumers will be only for use to
help white victims of the hurricane."</P>
<P>The state is seeking to shutter the fake donation site and to freeze the
assets of Internet Donations Inc., the nonprofit entity Weltner registered the
day after our first blog post about him (and after he was already accepting
donations through his site). The New York Times <A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/national/nationalspecial/07cnd-fraud.html?hp&ex=1126152000&en=4b4e5e934468535c&ei=5094&partner=homepage">also
ran a story on the Missouri legal action</A> in on its Web site
today.</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>