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Hurricane Gustav Donors Must Be Cautious Every time a natural disaster strikes, certain folks see it as an opportunity to launch spam attacks aimed at convincing people to donate money that finally ends up in their own pockets. Although, at the time of writing, no incidents of this kind related to Hurricane Gustav have been registered yet, authori... 2 September 2008 04:41 GMT Bank Manager Conned After Identity Theft The CEO of the fourth largest bank in the UK discovered an identity theft that cost him several thousands of pounds, as the Daily Mail reports. Andy Hornby was on vacation when a person in the staff of HBOS, the bank he manages, told him that his account had been frozen, because of some unusual transactions that had ... 22 August 2008 05:43 GMT