Where to Donate, Fake Charity Sites, Casinos & Taxes Gone

Instapundit: List of where to donate -- plenty of choice.



Scammers hit Web in Katrina's wake -- Fake charity sites, e-mail solicitations try to cash in on public sympathy Brian Krebs and Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post Staff Writers, Sept. 1, 2005

[. . . . ] Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman Claudia Bourne-Farrell said people should never click on any link in an e-mail solicitation because they may end up at a site that looks real but is set up by identity thieves to get confidential information. "If you get an e-mail from the Red Cross, close the e-mail and go to the Red Cross Web site as you otherwise would," through a search engine, phone or regular mail, she said.

[. . . . ] Fraud watchers said Americans who want to make contributions should stick to Web sites of established national charities. The Web site for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18473 ) also lists a number of Web sites where people can securely send donations to legitimate charities, as does http://www.give.org, part of the charity-monitoring service of the Better Business Bureau. [. . . . ]

Gambling companies tally damage to casinos -- Damage from Katrina could cripple region's gaming industry for years

[. . . . ] The effect on the Mississippi economy could be severe. About 14,000 people work in the dozen casinos along the Mississippi coastline. Each casino has a land-based hotel.

The hurricane damage could cost Mississippi some $400,000 to $500,000 a day in lost gambling taxes. Last year, the state’s casinos generated $2.7 billion in revenue.
Loveman said his company intends to pay the 8,000 employees of the Grand Casino, Harrah’s New Orleans and the Grand Casino Gulfport for up to 90 days [. . . . ]

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