Though the following report is for Australians, I recommend that everyone take this into consideration if planning to donate towards relief funds...
People warned to check charity collector identities Quote:
People are being warned to make sure they know who they are donating money to during tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations.
A number of charities will be collecting at fireworks events, including Oxfam and Rotary International.
The New South Wales Minister for Charities, Grant McBride, says there are reports of people posing as charity workers collecting for tsunami appeals and people should check the identification of collectors.
"This often happens is that people take advantage of the well known generosity of the Australian people when disasters happen and unfortunately those few people who do that give a bad name to collectors in general," he said.
