Shortly after the September 21 Chichi earthquake, the CIB discovered that someone located in Taiwan had posted a letter in English across dozens of Usenet discussion groups worldwide, appealing for people to contribute to earthquake relief in Taiwan. The poster instructed contributors to wire funds to a personal bank account, but was thwarted by police crime units before any donations had been deposited. Electronic world on the blink?
九二一大地震後，刑事局也發現有台灣民眾以英文寫了一封信，張貼在國外數十個新聞討論群上，要全世界網友發揮愛心幫助台灣災民，將錢捐到他的銀行個人戶頭上，所幸在還沒有人將捐款匯入前，刑事局就偵破這起詐欺案。