Dreamzzz, Desires n Desperation...: http://friends.unicefusa.org "Identity theft issues"

Mar 17, 2007

http://friends.unicefusa.org "Identity theft issues"

You can contribute towards charity by just clicking on this link. At-least the site claims that. The domain name is a subdomain of UnicefUSA.org and even the web template is a look alike. So if confuses you for the actual UNICEF USA. Now, to sign up for a news letter on actual website you just need to give your email and they do not promise anything like donating dollars for just signing up which is absolutely ridiculus idea until and unless some billionaire wants to become millionaire. That cast some doubt about the modus operandi of this website.

Identity theft issues:-
For sending invitation to your friends they ask you to enter your email id and password so that they can send a custom invitation to all your friends. Now, the mother Teressa syndrome inside you will surely prompt you to do all this and give away as many dollars as possible for charity as long as its coming from outside. But then, the flip side is that most of your friends might treat it as SPAM and don't bother to click on the link or you may be giving away your password to someone whom you don't know and who might be making false promises to donate dollars for a charitable cause. I can not understand that why the hell a person wants to donate money in somebody's else name unless he/she has a lot of black money. So your cause of concern should be about protecting your identity. In any case don't give your password to them. They are not a secure website and can distribute your ids to other spammers. That is one way of making money.

Well, don't get sad if You still want to donate those virtual dollars there is another way out. Try opening the website on your computer again, you will find your home page with a link like this (which you can scrap) to your friends or can post on your blog but please warn them and don't just watch your friends giving away their passwords to someone who is promising big bucks in your name http://friends.unicefusa.org/r/09c7daae25b0102aa29c .

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