05 April 2006

scam spam for NGO's

It seems the infamous Nigerian scam has now started to be targetted at NGO's. CorporateWatch reported today:
The second scam was a bit more sophisticated: purportedly from the 'Overseas Development Foundation' it promotes, '...the 4th International NGO/CBO Summit: - "The 21st Century&The Environmental Issues" that will bring together 314 representatives of NGOs/CBOs from all over the world.' It goes on in detail about the conference (in New York), then invites the recipient organisation to send three delegates, expenses-paid. There's even the detail, 'In order to foster gender balance, we would appreciate if your delegation contains a female participant.'

It beggars belief. It's like taking money from a grandma to spend on drugs.
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