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                        <div class="gallery_slide_description"><p>Volunteer Elizabeth Haley organizes boxes of infant diapers donated for hurricane Harvey victims at a North Dallas donation drop off location, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)</p></div>
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<p>Days into the disastrous flooding that ravaged Houston and other parts of Texas, authorities have been raising the alarm as phony charities and cyber criminals try to exploit the outpouring of support.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"New Jersey residents are always willing to help out their neighbors when tragedy strikes, often by making donations to aid with recovery," Attorney General Christopher Porrino said Wednesday in an alert issued by the state Division of Consumer Affairs."Sadly, there are always those scammers who look to take advantage of disaster for their own benefit."</p>
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