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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Where can I donate to the VA Tech tragedy?

Where can I donate to the VA Tech tragedy?

At the moment, it would be best to go via the official site: http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/memorial_fund.php

Hundreds of new domains have already been registered in connection with the incident. They are not all bad. However, some of them are being used for phishing, and some are fraudulently collecting donations.

The SANS Internet Storm Center is tracking the new domains and trying to identify the suspect ones. For details, see http://isc.sans.org/domaincheck.html

Also, there is already spam that purports to include video connected with the tragedy, but actually installs malware.

Note: nobody has asked this yet, but it seemed worth answering in advance.

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