Ruphus13 sends in a sad tale of online scammers hoping to reap rewards from the misery in Gustav's wake. They have been busy registering likely-sounding domains and setting up phishing attacks and other ruses. While not all the domains were malicious in intent, several of them were listed on eBay for sale. Donors beware. From the article: "Nearly 100 domains related to cyclone Gustav have been registered in the past 48 hours, safeguard experts said Sunday, some of which may be used by bogus charity and relief scams after the storm strikes the US Gulf Coast. gospel to boob tube* station KTAL in Shreveport, LA, the office of Louisiana's advocate General Buddy Caldwell has warned hamlet of Gustav phishing attacks already in breakthrough ... multitudinous domains containing the word 'gustav,' 'charity,' 'hurricane,' and 'relief' had been just now registered."

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