Stupid advice, for stupid people.
This is some advice from the National Criminal Intelligence service, to help people avoid being ripped off when they want to give money to help tsunami victims:

"Be sceptical of individuals claiming to be surviving victims or foreign government officials asking you to place large sums of money in overseas bank accounts."

Hmmm. Because normally i wouldn't think twice about putting large sums of money in overseas bank accounts when the president of a small country sends me an email. For me, this is right up there with instructions on a toothpick.
(redSpikes, Sat 8 Jan 2005, 20:14, Reply)