Tragedies and domains

Sadly, there are always people who are ready to make money on someone's tragedy. The Internet is no exception to this rule. One of the main topics of the last week was Hurricane Gustav, who threatened to collapse with all his might on the southeastern coast of the United States and cause great damage. When this became known, literally within a couple of days, more than a hundred domains were registered with the word gustav, next to which such expressions as hurricane, charity, and relief coexisted.

There is nothing surprising in this type of words. The current situation completely repeats the events of almost three years ago, when Hurricane Katrina hit the US coast. At that time, about a hundred domain names with the name of this disaster were registered on the Internet, the overwhelming majority of which were used by various charity sites. Here are just checks that many of these projects actually belonged to scammers who just wanted to cash in on someone else's tragedy.

So it is with hurricane Gustav. Most of the registered domains with his name is already for sale. It can be assumed that many of them will open "charity" sites with sentimental stories and calls to save the victims. However, it should be noted that not all domain names are registered by scammers or for resale. There are people (especially those living in the disaster zone) who just want to share their experiences, photos, and videos.