It is unthinkable that someone would want to profit out of a disaster, but unfortunately, social engineers are heartless enough to do so. In a number of incidents such as bombings and hurricanes, social engineers will set up their own charity foundations. They will advertise it to people and encourage them to send money so that it can be used to help the victims. It seems like a good cause, except that the money does not go to the victims, rather, it goes towards enriching a few social engineers.

By the time the con is discovered, and people are advised against making donations to it, the social engineers could have made millions of dollars. This was a particularly big challenge during the Haiti 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Many fake charities were established online and advertised to people. A lot of money went into the pockets of a few people rather than the intended...