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Haiti Earthquake Survivors Victims Again -- This Time It's Fraud
5:00PM 3/01/2011
A little more than one year after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and surrounding Haitian communities, scam artists in the United States are targeting survivors with fraudulent promises of new lives as legal immigrants.
The fraud is perpetrated by luring Haitian nationals to...
Haiti's Hotels Thrive Amid the Earthquake Disaster's Long Aftermath
11:45AM 12/07/2010
A year after Haiti's catastrophic quake, Port-au-Prince is still a ruin. But the views from high-end spots like the Hotel Oloffson are picture perfect, and with armies of aid workers still needing to bed down, business at hotels left intact is booming.
Six months on, and getting food to the estimated 3 million people affected by Haiti's devastating earthquake remains a major logistical and economic struggle.
First Haiti, then Chile. Now Turkey. It's enough to make you wonder whether professional crackpot Pat Robertson is right, that God is shaking up our world like a snow globe.
Good news -- we're not actually getting more earthquakes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in the last 100 years,...
Get a Kenneth Cole coupon for 20% off when you donate a pair of gently used shoes through March 31.
All the shoes collected will be donated to earthquake victims in Haiti. You can also make a monetary donation to get the discount, which is good on your entire purchase.
For this benefit Kenneth...
Scam targets Haitians in U.S. trying to help family members
5:30PM 1/26/2010
Haitians living in the U.S. are being targeted by a scam that convinces them to pay money with the promise of getting their relatives to this country, the Embassy of Haiti and the Greater Washington Haiti Relief Committee announced.
Potential victims are contacted by phone or with fliers passed...
As the aftershocks continue, an international company specializing in composite wall panels has pledged to donate 1,000 small homes to the Haiti relief effort.
InnoVida CEO Claudio Osorio told WalletPop he has secured both the support of President Bill Clinton and free barge transport to carry the...
Thanks to the Huffington Post's shame-on-you report, credit card companies stopped taking a cut of charitable donations made to Haiti relief efforts using credit cards.
Other companies didn't have to be told twice -- they're sacrificing a cut of their profits up front. Whether you're planning to...
FBI issues fraud alert warning about Haiti donation scams
11:25AM 1/14/2010
The FBI issued a warning to those wanting to donate money to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti to make sure they are giving money to a legitimate charity.
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