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Haiti recently hit by powerful earthquake. Haiti beaten by 7 earthquake richter scale. The impact of the earthquake is very sad. Victims of the earthquake was not a bit. An estimated 75 thousand people buried in rubble and about 200 thousand people were killed by the earthquake. Assistance from all over the world came. Donations through the virtual world is emerging. It turned out to have been exploited by online criminals.

Online criminals deceive via email and fake websites designed to steal what should be a charitable donation. Symantec has seen online scams spread with themes including Haiti earthquake spam email asking for donations and manipulate search results that can infect computers with malware.

Symantec security experts called on computer users to follow the smart ways to be safe online, and ensure that your donations and assistance to disaster victims and not to con men.

When contributing to a charity online, always remember:

Avoid clicking on suspicious links in emails or IM messages because it may be a link to a fake website. Symantec security experts recommend to type the Web address, such as the Web address charitable organizations, directly into the browser instead of clicking the link in the message.

Do not ever fill out a form in a message requesting personal information, financial or password. A charitable organization has a reputation can not be asked for personal information via e-mail. If you are in doubt, contact the organizations directly concerned by a trusted independent mechanism, such as phone numbers have been verified, or Internet address that you enter into a new browser menu (do not click on or cut and paste the link in the message).