'Social media: Don’t donate online, Saudis urged'

Arab News, Social media: Don’t donate online, Saudis urged, 9 Dec 2011 "In the aftermath of the Jeddah school fire back in November, which left four people dead and dozen others injured, social networking websites Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube played a significant role in exposing the case to the world."

Global e-mail scams

Arab News, Global e-mail scams target the kindhearted, 16 Aug 2010: "One of the latest scams involves people impersonating employees of charitable foundations throughout the world, seeking help for Muslims and orphans following devastating disasters that recently hit Pakistan and China."

'Phishing' in Egypt

US-Egypt smash cyber 'phishing' ring "Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam, officials said Wednesday.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation said 33 people were arrested across the United States early Wednesday while authorities in Egypt charged 47 more people linked to the scam.""

UAE 419

John Henzell, The National, E-mail con men use UAE jobs lure, 28 May 09 "Con men are targeting people who have lost their jobs by e-mailing offers of high-paying work in the UAE."

It's not cricket

BBC News, Pakistan captain in 'love scam', 6 Feb 08 "Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik has threatened to sue an Indian family for alleging he married their daughter over the telephone five years ago.

"He has accused the Muslim family from the city of Hyderabad of committing an internet marriage fraud against him."