Hurricane Gustav: Fraud Watch

Yesterday we reported on 54 newly registered Gustav domains. In the past we have seen disaster-related domains tied to fake charities and other forms of fraud. The concern is whether some of these new domains will also be used for fraud.

Yesterday evening, we rechecked the domains from the morning report, and found that several had been "picked up" by legitimate charities in two groups:

(1) ContributeGustav.org now forwards to:

http://www.braf.org/site/c.jfISK0OxFkG/b.4453149/
(Baton Rouge Area Foundation)

Which has a "Click Here to Donate to the Hurricane Gustav Relief and
Recovery Fund" button, which takes you to:

https://www.kintera.org/site/c.jfISK0OxFkG/b.4453155/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp?c=jfISK0OxFkG&b=4453155&en=8gJNIVPuHfKIIPPwH8IDLOMxHkJZL1PzGdIJJTOwFdIKIWPJKuF

(Kintera is a known fund-raising site)

(2) contributiongustav.org (Same as (1))
(3) donategustav.org (Same as (1))
(4) donationgustav.org (same as (1))
(6) gustavassistance.org (same as (1))
(9) gustavcontribution.org (same as (1))
(13) gustavlouisiana.org (same as (1))
(14) gustavneworleans.org (same as (1))
(16) gustavrecovery.org (same as (1))



(20) gustavcharities.com = Samaritan's Purse Give Links go to
"giving.samaritanspurse.org", a known charity.

(21) gustavcharity.com (same as (20))
(22) gustavdonation.com (Same as (20))
(23) gustavrelieffund.com (same as (20))

More domains

More than 140 more new Gustav domains have been added since yesterday, with more than 200 total Gustav domains to be watching. The new group is listed here (we'll sort and update content soon, watch for an update):

aid4gustav.com
cleanupgustav.com
cleanupgustav.info
cleanupgustav.net
cleanupgustav.org
contributegustav.com
contributiongustav.com
donate2gustav.org
donationgustav.com
givetogustav.com
givetogustav.org
gustav-relief.com
gustav08.info
gustavadjuster.com
gustavadvocacy.com
gustavadvocacy.net
gustavadvocacy.org
gustavaftermath.com
gustavaftermath.info
gustavaftermath.net
gustavaftermath.org
gustavaid.us
gustavaidnow.org
gustavalert.com
gustavangels.org
gustavassistance.com
gustavcare.com
gustavcare.org
gustavcleanup.com
gustavconstruction.com
gustavcontractors.com
gustavcontractorsstore.com
gustavcontribution.com
gustavcuba.com
gustavdestruction.com
gustavdisaster.com
gustavdisasterfund.org
gustaverelief.com
gustavevacuation.com
gustavevacuation.info
gustavevacuation.net
gustavevacuation.org
gustavevacuations.com
gustavfund.net
gustavgear.com
gustavgetaway.com
gustavgive.com
gustavgive.org
gustavhelp.info
gustavhelpers.com
gustavhelpers.info
gustavhelpers.net
gustavhelpfund.com
gustavhelpfund.org
gustavhelpinfo.com
gustavhelpinfo.org
gustavhouston.com
gustavimages.com
gustavinfo.org
gustavla.com
gustavlive.com
gustavlouisiana.com
gustavmississippi.com
gustavmodels.com
gustavnow.com
gustavpeoplesearch.com
gustavpeoplesearch.net
gustavpets.com
gustavphotos.com
gustavpics.com
gustavpublicadjuster.com
gustavreferrals.com
gustavreferrals.info
gustavreferrals.net
gustavreferrals.org
gustavrefugees.com
gustavrefugees.net
gustavrefugees.org
gustavrelief.net
gustavrelief.us
gustavreliefhelp.us
gustavreport.com
gustavsolidarity.org
gustavstorm.biz
gustavstorm.us
gustavsucks.com
gustavsurvivor.org
gustavsurvivors.com
gustavupdate.com
gustavvictims.info
gustavvictims.org
gustavvictims.us
gustavvideo.com
gustavwiki.com
help4gustav.com
help4gustav.org
helpgustav.com
helphurriancegustav.org
helphurricanegustavvictims.com
huracangustav.net
huracangustav.org
huricane-gustav.com
hurricane-gustav-recovery.com
hurricane-gustav.info
hurricanegustav2008.net
hurricanegustav2008.org
hurricanegustavaftermath.com
hurricanegustavaid.org
hurricanegustavblog.com
hurricanegustavcare.com
hurricanegustavcontractor.com
hurricanegustavdisaster.com
hurricanegustavfacts.com
hurricanegustavforum.com
hurricanegustavfund.com
hurricanegustavhelp.com
hurricanegustavhelp.org
hurricanegustavinfo.com
hurricanegustavinfo.org
hurricanegustavinformation.com
hurricanegustavrelieffund.com
hurricanegustavstories.com
hurricanegustavstory.com
hurricanegustavvictims.com
hurricanegustavvictims.net
hurricanegustavvideo.com
hurricanegustavvideos.com
hurricanevictimsgustav.com
hurricangustav08.com
leadershipaugustavolunteers.com
neworleansgustav.com
rebuildinggustav.com
rncgustavfund.com
rncgustavrelief.com
rncgustavrelief.net
rncgustavrelief.org
spelmanoperationgustav.com
supportgustavvictims.org
survivedgustav.org
thegustavblog.com
waitingforgustav.com
women-childrens-gustav.com
womens-childrens-gustav.com
wwwgustav.com
gustavtrack.com
tsgustav.com