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  • Tsunami 'wave rat' sells domain name, gives cash to Chabad (Jewish charity in Thailand)

    01/10/2005 2:02:48 PM PST · by anotherview · 12 replies · 589+ views
    Ha'aretz ^ | 10 January 2005 | Reuters
    Last Update: 10/01/2005 22:07 Tsunami 'wave rat' sells domain name, gives cash to Chabad By Reuters TORONTO - A Canadian student dubbed the "wave rat" for offering the domain name tsunamirelief.com for $50,000 on the online auction site eBay has sold it and donated the money to a Jewish charity's relief efforts, the gaming company that bought it said Monday. Josh Kaplan, 20, branded a "wave rat" by the New York Post, which suggested he was trying to profit from the disaster, sold the domain name to the Montreal-based internet gambling company for $10,000. The entire amount was given directly...