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For those interesting in helping immediately, simply text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the red cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.

Some of the major credit card companies, including American Express and Mastercard are waiving their usual fees so that the full amount of donation will go to the relief organization. Typically, a small percentage is charged to the organization accepting the credit card.

An analysis by the Huffington Post found that credit card companies make about $250 million a year off of people's charitable donations.

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Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief

Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7:00 pm MT
 

Montanans are stepping forward to help the millions of Haitians devastated by Tuesday’s earthquake which left tens of thousands dead.  Beartooth NBC's Andrew Knaus reports how some Helenan’s are making a difference.

The magnitude seven earthquake that struck Haiti just two days ago is estimated to have taken thousands upon thousands of lives and leaving even more thirsty, hungry and homeless.

Haitians are getting some help from the hometown Helena committee.  Chairman Jim Cottrill says he feels compelled to help because he sees the world as one big family. Cottrill think it's the family of the brotherhood of mankind and I think we...We owe it to do everything we can to help them and that’s what we're gonna try to do.”  Hometown Helena is asking anybody wanting to help to write a check to the American Red Cross for any amount they can afford.

Watch Story for more…Story by Andrew Knaus.

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Beware of scams
Finally, the FBI urges people who are looking for ways to help with earthquake relief to be wary of solicitations that could be from scam artists.

"Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization or a good cause," the FBI said, in passing along these tips:

  • Ignore unsolicited e-mails, and do not click on links within those messages.
  • Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as surviving victims or officials asking for donations via e-mail or social networking sites.
  • Be cautious of e-mails that claim to show pictures of the disaster areas in attached files, because the files may contain computer viruses. Open attachments only from know senders.
  • Decline to give personal or financial information to anyone who solicits contributions.
  • Make contributions directly to known organizations, rather than relying on others who claim in e-mails that they will channel the donation to established groups.

The FBI says anyone receipting an e-mail that appears to be a scam should forward it to this Web site: www.ic3.gov

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