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(CBS/AP) Thousands of well intentioned good Samaritans have been collecting food and clothing - a well-meaning effort, say aid agencies, but put to the wrong use, reports CBS News Correspondent Lee Cowan. "It can take a week or months for them to get over there at great cost," said Roger Dixon of the American Red Cross. Money may see like an impersonal way to help, but in this hour of need, cash rings loudest of all, reports Cowan. The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia: 247 West 37th St. New York, NY 10018 212-967-7800 ADRA International Asia Quake Fund 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800-424-ADRA (2372) Air Serv International 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20187 American India Foundation c/o McKinsey & Company 55 East 52nd Street, 29th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-891-4654 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. DC-South Asia Tsunami Relief P.O. Box 321 847A Second Ave. New York, New York 10017 212-885-0832 American Jewish World Service 45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10018 212-736-2597 American Red Cross International Response Fund P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C., 20013 800-HELPNOW AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Ave. Stamford, CT 06902 800-486-4357 Baptist World Aid Asia Tidal Waves 405 North Washington St. Falls Church, VA 22046 703 790 8980 B'nai B'rith International B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund 2020 K. St. NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20006 212-490-3290 Brother's Brother Foundation 1200 Galveston Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233 412-321-3160 CARE 151 Ellis St. NE Atlanta, GA 30303 800-521-CARE Catholic Relief Services P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 1-877-HELP-CRS (1-877-435-7277) Christian Children's Fund Child Alert Fund PO Box 26484 Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484 800-776-6767 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee South Asia Earthquake 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI, 49560 800-55-CRWRC Church World Service PO Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516 Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-964-4767 Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders USA P.O. Box 1856 Merrifield, VA 22116-8056 888-392-0392 [no longer accepting donations] Food for the Hungry, Inc. Food for the Hungry Asia Quake Relief 1224 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 800-2-HUNGERS International Aid 17011 W. Hickory Spring Lake, MI 49456 800-968-7490 International Medical Corps Tsunami Emergency Response 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950 800-481-4462 International Relief Teams Asia Earthquake/Floods 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C San Diego, CA 92108 619-284-7979 International Rescue Committee PO Box 5058 Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433 Latter-Day Saint Charities Welfare Services Emergency Response 50 East North Temple Street, Room 701 Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800 801-240-3544 Lutheran World Relief South Asia Tsunami 700 Light St. Baltimore, MD 21230 410-230-2700 MAP International P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 31521 800-225-8550 Mercy Corps Southeast Asia Earthquake Dept. W PO Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208-2669 800-852-2100 Mercy-USA for Aid and Development Tsunami Disaster Relief 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201 Plymouth, MI 48170-3869 800-55-MERCY NetAid NetAid 267 Fifth Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10016 212-537-0500 Network For Good Web site serves as e-philanthropy clearinghouse Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave. #200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 800-678-7255 Oxfam America Asian Earthquake Fund PO Box 1211 Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211 800-77-OXFAM Plan USA Asia Disaster 155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886 800-556-7918 Project Concern International Asia Tsunamis Press List 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 San Diego, CA 92123 858-279-9690 Project HOPE Asia Tsunami Response 255 Carter Hall Lane Millwood, VA 22646 800-544-4673 SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office) South Asia Relief Fund 615 Slaters Lane Alexandria, VA, 22313 800-SAL-ARMY Save the Children USA 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 1-800-728-3843 Stop Hunger Now SE Asia Crisis 2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27607 888-501-8440 Union for Reform Judaism Attn: Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund 633 Third Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 UJA-Federation of New York United Jewish Appeal Federation - Tsunami Relief Fund P.O. Box 27877 New York, NY 10087-7877 212-836-1880 United Methodist Church South Asia Emergency Fund 475 Riverside Drive, Room 330 New York, NY 10115 1-800-554-8583 U.S.A. Freedom Corps U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Refugee Tsunami Victims Fund 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036-2003 202-347-3507, 797-2105 U.S. Fund for UNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th St. New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF World Concern Asia Earthquake and Tsunami 19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133 800-755-5022 World Emergency Relief 2270-D Camino Vida Roble Carlsbad, CA 92009 760-930-8001 World Food Programme Friends of the World Food Programme 2 UN Plaza DC2-2500 NY, NY 10017 World Vision P.O. Box 70288 Tacoma, WA 98481-0288 888-56-CHILD FBI Issues Tsunami Disaster Relief Fraud Alert In a press release dated Jan. 5, 2005, the FBI urged the public to be alert to a variety of Internet scams involving the solicitation of additional relief funds for the victims of the disaster. The FBI, through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), has received reports of websites being established purportedly to assist with collection and relief efforts. Complaints submitted to the IC3 have identified several schemes that involve both unsolicited incoming emails (SPAM), as well as reports of responses to posted email addresses, to assist for a fee, in locating loved ones who may have been victims of the disaster. A fraudulent relief donation Web site has also been detected containing an imbedded Trojan exploit which can infect the users computer with a virus if accessed. The IC3 is cautions against participating in this type of online correspondence. Consistent with previous guidance phishing/spoofing and identity theft, IC3 recommended the following precautions: Several variations of this scam are currently in circulation. Anyone who has received an email referencing the above information or anyone who may have been a victim of this or a similar incident should notify the IC3 via their Web site . ©MMV CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. | Advertisement  China Earthquake Death Toll Nears 15,000Pregnant Woman Saved; 178 Students Found Crushed As Amazing Rescues, Grim Discoveries Continue |
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