The worldwide outpouring of aid for victims in South Asia has been heartfelt and swift. But along with generous charitable contributions comes the opportunity for fraud. This week the FBI issued warnings that fraudsters are using Internet scams in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami disaster. The FBI said the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Centre, has received reports of Web sites being set up allegedly to assist with collection and relief efforts for the victims of the December 26 disaster. Some of the schemes being used involve unsolicited email asking for monetary donations. Others involve a fraudulent relief donation site that contains an embedded Trojan exploit that can infect computers with a virus. But that exploitation is not indicative of the Net ethos. I would love to hear about something positive that Web publishers are doing for the victims of the tsunami disaster. Are affiliates (collectively or individually) doing anything to help with the disaster relief effort? Let me know if you have included links to relief fund organizations on your site or if you have a way for visitors to donate directly to help the victims of the tsunami. Get a password and start blogging so we can find out what you think on this issue and anything else impacting affiliates.