I even wouldn't be surpprised if this was a political motivated hoax. I am not familiar enough with US politics, but isn't this website (dailypaul) an anti-Obama site?
Seeing they also posted an article trying to link Obama to this scam, it does seem so to me:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/143767
PS Just my first personal impression after reading that 2nd page, not based on any knowledge of this.