Gippsland communities alerted to bushfire doorknocking scam

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Residents in fire-impacted Gippsland communities are being warned about door-knockers seeking sham donations for the bushfire relief effort VictoriaFires NSWFires

for six local councils late on Thursday, including East Gippsland council which has its main office in Bairnsdale.It's estimated that about 70 per cent of the 100,000 people living in the fire-affected areas in East Gippsland have left their homes.

With 48 bushfires still burning in Victoria on Sunday afternoon, police confirmed no official organisations were currently door knocking. Sunday's cooler conditions offered a brief respite for firefighters, with rain of up to 15mm expected in Gippsland and a further 350 peopleHowever, the fires are expected to continue to burn for weeks and it is unclear when many East Gippsland residents will receive the all-clear to return home.One 19-year-old man was last week charged with stealing from a home in the town of Batlow, New South Wales, but no looting charges relating to the current fires have so far been laid in Victoria.

Gippsland residents who come into contact with door knockers asking for donations are encouraged to notify police on 131 444. Australians looking to donate are encouraged to do so through the likes of the Red Cross, Salvation Army, firefighters, Foodbank and

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From every crisis emerges filthy parasites ready to exploit the weak and vulnerable. How sad.

I'd be more worried about the lefties that caused this chaos by blocking the hazard reduction burn off in September

Shoot them.

Donations can be safely made through NSW Fire Service, Salvation Army and Red Cross.

Warnings about fake news outlets like SMH.putting out a fake news narrative that we are not to burn off in the winter to stop this happening again..RFS management of the fuel overload pushed by the National Sparks and Wild Fire Accusation. sorry typo .the National Park and Wild

And looters are probably ready for action in deserted towns as well.

Oxfam was told of aid workers raping and sexually exploiting children in Haiti a decade ago

Throw the Basterds in the fire as a fire break.

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