# Bogus aircrash fund Web sites

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/02/04/bogus-aircrash-fund-web-sites/
- Published: 2000-02-04T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The immediacy of the Internet makes it a valuable tool for emergency appeals by
charities. Unfortunately this immediacy can be hijacked and misused.

The latest examples are two Web sites that sprang up in the wake of the Alaska Airlines
crash last week, purporting to be accepting donations on behalf of the families 
of Flight 261.

Read [Scams target Alaska crash charity](http://www.msnbc.com/news/366019.asp) by
Carol Huang on MSNBC. Read UK Fundraising’s coverage of scams.

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