Security threats Toolkit

Man arrested for tsunami email scam

Dan Ilet ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 18 Jan 2005 13:25 GMT

A man has been released on bail after being charged with stealing donations for tsunami relief.

Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Schmieder, who is accused of sending emails purporting to be from a genuine aid organization, was arrested last week. According to reports from the Associated Press, he is said to have planned to use the money to repair his car.

In the emails, Schmieder is said to have requested that donations be sent to a PayPal account.

The FBI was alerted after Mercy Corps (the aid organisation Schmieder is alleged to have posed as) received complaints about the emails.

Did you find this article useful?
84 out of 201 people found this useful

Post a comment

Full Talkback thread

0 comments

More In Security threats

Company/Topic Alerts

Create a new alert from the list below:

Related Jobs

IS Helpdesk Assistant

The job role would include: managing the IS helpdesk log, working on the 1st line support help desk solving user problems, creating basic HTML ...

VB.Net / ASP.Net developer needed with strong SQL Server skills!!

They build data driven applications using SQL Server to help charities collect donations. Huxley Associates are searching URGENTLY for a candidate to ...

Technical Solutions Engineer, Partner Reliability Engineer

The area: Partner Solutions Organization Google's Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) is a technology group dedicated to developing and managing the ...

Featured Talkback

On the contrary, if vendors were forced to stand behind their products it should increase innovation. It would force more, and better , testing before hitting the sales floor, resulting in fewer updates and less downtime for the consumer. At present the EULA removes responsibility from the vendor, and moves it to the user, which is a step backward. Make the vendor responsibility for their code.