Fake charity Twitter accounts launched in light of Boston Marathon explosions

http://www.examiner.com/article/fake-charity-twitter-accounts-launched-light-of-boston-marathon-explosions?cid=SM-facebook-041513-3.30p-fakecharityboston

April 15, 2013
By: Steven Ruygrok

While several explosions have hit the Boston Marathon today, there have been a few Twitter accounts opened, that were alleging they would donate money to the victims of the tragedy for every re-tweet they received.

The catch is these accounts were fake and were just looking to profit off of the publicity coming out of the explosions.

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While several explosions have hit the Boston Marathon today, there have been a few Twitter accounts opened, that were alleging they would donate money to the victims of the tragedy for every re-tweet they received.

The catch is these accounts were fake and were just looking to profit off of the publicity coming out of the explosions.