I read an article on line that as the family of Eric Pozner was at his funeral they found out that someone using Eric's picture is asking for donations to help the families of all the victims. The Pozner family does not know these people and knows nothing of the website this person has created. Monies collected are not going to the Sandy Hook Families.
I believe the Eric's uncle has contacted the authorities and this website is being investigated.
Has anyone else heard of this scam?
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/12/19/newtown-shooting-t...
Here is the link to the story.
Sorry everyone if I got the name wrong. My intent was to warn everyone about this, hopefully we can all spread the word.
Sick, isn't it?
Maybe we should push for the government to take down the internet, since it is being used by an evil person to commit fraud in this way.
ETA: Victoria - sorry!!! I don't read ahead!!! Looks like we had the same idea!!
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There are people who will take advantage of ANY tragedy!!
There were REALLY bad scams after 9/11, there were bad scams after Katrina, and the Christmas Day Tsunami in Indonesia, as well as Sandy...
this is why i NEVER give to an organization that I don't know...I do NOT give to the people who stand on the side of the road collecting money for a "charity" - the only one I do is the Fireman's fund....I DO NOT give to the Penn State charity...they stand around here in DC and VA collecting money - sorry - GO GO PA TO COLLECT....
Did you know there were Salvation Army scams? Yeah...people stole Salvation Army pots and started ringing bells...got a lot of money too...
So do we need to DEMAND our Congress/Representatives to ban activities like this? Or maybe the internet so they can't get to you...or maybe the phones - land and cellular so that they can't call us either???
That is so sick and twisted! Makes me so angry! That's the worst thing I've ever heard.
i saw them talking about it on anderson cooper.
i guess my feeling is, money isn't going to heal their hearts. especially my little tiny pathetic drop in the bucket. i think it's more appropriate to give them our compassion, our thoughts, and our prayers. honor them by not forgetting...i would love to help but money isn't the solution. i will let those who are closer to the situation and know which is a scam and which isn't, help in that particular way.
Here's another link to an article, and you can watch the video with Anderson Cooper.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250910/Noah-Pozn...
May I suggest that we all check these articles out and share them on Facebook? I know FB gets overused but this is a very fast way to spread the info to a lot of people.
Thank you for posting this and letting us know. Yes, we all have to check out charities (and that doesn't mean using their websites, which are complimentary and inspiring). Donate with our brains, not our hearts - as much as we want it to be otherwise.
I also look into how much of the money is spent on fundraising, mailings, overhead, salaries. Even legitimate charities who really give the money to the cause they support often spend too much on other things.
Also watch out for similar sounding names: American Cancer Society vs. American Cancer Fund, for example. Paralyzed Veterans vs. Disabled Veterans. On and on.
I have not heard of this.
Thanks for the warning.
I tend to give to charities that I've researched, or at least checked out in some way...
I guess there's always that opportunistic element out there that will take advantage of a tragedy that results in such high emotion & compassion in any way they can. Sad.
The important thing is that we don't allow is to become jaded.
Remember that there are SO many examples of really, REALLY good people and good deeds when tragedy happens!
I think it's horrible, but it happens. Sick people are everywhere.
I'm glad light has been brought to the situation so people do not donate funds to help the families.
On another note, I believe it was Noah Pozner, Eric is his uncle.
It's rather offputting, isn't it? It's even more amusing to see at the bottom of the article, a mailing list poll regarding who you voted for, and stock advice.
Anybody can buy ad space on legitimate sites. I also think the site holders need to look at what ads they let run on them.
Anyone can make a website. Hell, someone made a Wikipedia article! It has 500 pages worth of edits since it's creation a couple of days after the tragedy(one reason I do not ever site Wikipedia as a source of anything).
I do like that the family did have an option on the domain after this was looked into. As awful as it sounds, I think that the families and school all need to acquire and make linking sites to prevent others from profiting. If the families can not get the domains, they need to look into whether or not the site owner is a family member, then take control of it.
Here's one that makes me smile(minus the pointed ads taking away from the story):
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/newtown-retiree-comfort...#
So it's not all bad news in the "papers".
Let's hug our children and light a stick of incense, and let them grieve in peace.
It was on the news this morning Friday December 21.
