Beware of Gustav Scams

Online scammers prep for Gustav, say researchers. Nearly 100 domains registered, perhaps for repeat of Katrina phishing attacks.

How can you tell if the Gustav site it legitimate? If the site is a .gov domain you should be o.k. But you should be very suspicious of random emails asking for your personal information or money in exchange for giving you help.

Just after Katrina, these parasites put up sites to get money and personal information from the victims of the disaster. They don’t have any limits on what they are willing to say and do to scam you.

If you receive an email claiming to offer help in exchange for your personal information or money, look for free e-mail accounts that the send is using. This is usually a dead give away. Scammers don’t spend money to scam other people. The usually use a free website and free email account to phish.

ALWAYS Google the claim. If it is a scam, they will have sent the same offer to thousands and thousands of other people. Some one will have gotten there offer and realized it was a scam (or got scammed) and posted it on the web.