Companies are being warned about a number of
phishing scams focusing on donation appeals for the recent
major disasters in Burma and China.
"There are a number of requests for companies to donate funds to
disaster relief organisations being sent via e-mail," said David
Hobson, managing director of security firm GSS.
"Unfortunately, most of these e-mail appeals are actually
phishing requests, which means that anyone donating via the
suggested websites may find themselves asked for a variety of
personal and/or company information, which could be used for
identity theft," he said.
The situation is so bad about the phishing e-mails that the
US Computer Emergency Readiness
Team has just issued a warning about the e-mail appeals.
