There is now evidence of crooks capitalizing on the generosity of people seeking to help quake-stunned Haiti — spam e-mails that lead people to think they’re donating to the British Red Cross, among other credible sounding organizations.
Symantec Corp., the security software giant that tracks suspicious Internet activity, said it spotted its first Haiti earthquake spam Thursday morning, soon followed by two other spam e-mails.
Full story: Haiti Relief Scam: First E-mail Spammers Appear Online – ABC News.