# Oxfam warns of hoax faxes for Tsunami earthquake appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/06/oxfam-warns-hoax-faxes-tsunami-earthquake-appeal/
- Published: 2005-01-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Oxfam is warning supporters not to fall for a fax that appears to solicit funds 
for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
Oxfam has published a hoax fax alert
on its Web site. “The DEC does not use faxes in its fundraising”, it points out.“
If you receive any fax claiming to be from the DEC do not respond as it is a hoax.”

In New Zealand another bogus email appeal has been uncovered, emanating from an 
organisation calling itself “The Solid Foundation Humanitary Organisation, Asia”.
No record can be found of such an organisation, and its use of a free Yahoo! email
address makes it look even more suspicious. Anti-spam campaigner Steve Streater 
found that the emails originated in Nigeria.

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