Prepare For Massive Wave of Earthquake Scams 158
wiredmikey sends this quote from Security Week:
"Today's tragic events of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami, as sad as it is, is a dream for scammers and fraudsters around the world. Tragic events are always something scammers use to their advantage, helping them prey on and exploit innocent victims. Scams are already spreading across Facebook, which started in a matter of minutes after the news broke of the earthquake in Japan. As I write this, scammers are hard at work, registering new domains and cranking out templates for their fake donation sites. This will be followed with massive volumes of email spam, Tweets through Twitter, and Facebook posts, as scammers gear up to solicit donations from around the world."
As coverage of the earthquake and resulting tsunami has proceeded, collections of videos and pictures are showing the extent of the devastation. The NY Times makes the excellent point that things could have been much worse if not for building codes and quake-resistant engineering. A state of emergency was declared at one of Japan's nuclear plants, after the earthquake caused cooling problems at one of the reactors. No radiation leakage has been reported, and the US Air Force has helped by delivering coolant by air.
THIS is why we pay so much for our Military! (Score:2, Funny)
A state of emergency was declared at one of Japan's nuclear plants, after the earthquake caused cooling problems at one of the reactors. No radiation leakage has been reported, and the US Air Force has helped by delivering coolant by air.
This, right here, is why a well funded military is so needed!
Because it's cheaper than paying for the aftermath of a godzilla attack!
White cars (Score:5, Funny)
It appears that one way to improve your chance of survival in a tsunami is to not have a white car.
http://i.imgur.com/ddHiq.jpg [imgur.com]
Re:White cars (Score:1, Funny)
Ah - the problem with that theory is that the waves washed the colors right off of those cars, so we can no longer tell which ones were white, and which ones were other colors.
Help Prevent Disaster Scams (Score:5, Funny)
Give to the Organization for Scam Prevention Now!
Relax (Score:5, Funny)
No aid needed. The GOP has voted to send an emergency humanitarian shipment of tax cuts to the affected area.