SHANGHAI police captured eight people yesterday who allegedly sent mobile phone text messages to cheat citizens into sending donations to earthquake victims to their own bank accounts, a newspaper reported today.
　　
　　The suspects, most from Loudi City of Hunan Province, were captured in Guizhou Province at 2pm yesterday where they were said to be sending messages to people in Shanghai, Shanghai Morning Post reported.
　　
　　Shanghai police have received more than 100 reports since Tuesday from residents saying they had received several suspicious text messages asking them to donate money to quake victims by remitting money to a bank account, the report said.
　　
　　The police traced the suspects to Guizhou Province through the phone numbers and bank accounts, the report added.
　　
　　The report did not say how much was involved in the scam.
　　
　　The Red Cross of China has received more than 2.4 billion yuan (US$342.85 million) in donations for quake victims in Sichuan Province as of this morning.
　　
　　The Red Cross donation hotline is 010-65139999.