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Scammers Set to Kick off UEFA EURO 2012

Jun

2012

Contributor: Anand Muralidharan The 14th edition of the UEFA European Championship is set to begin from June 8th and will be hosted in Poland and Ukraine. Symantec has intercepted a 419 spam attack targeting EURO 2012. Below is a screenshot of the spam mail. The scam message is attached as a PDF file called UEFA.pdf. […]

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Mother’s Day a Lure for Fake Gift Offers

May

2012

Mother’s Day is normally celebrated by people to express their love for their mothers. We sometimes buy them special gifts such as watches, antiques, greeting cards, or flowers. Spammers also celebrate Mother’s Day, but with a different goal in mind.As always, spammers like to take advantage of special occasions and festivals. Currently we see a […]

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WikiPharmacy? Fake Notifications Spammed Out

Apr

2012

Symantec is intercepting a resurgence of spam attacks on popular brands. Spam messages that are replicas of the Wikipedia email address confirmation alert are the new vector for the present. The said spam messages pretend to be originating from Wikipedia, and are selling meds, with the following subject line: “Subject: Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation”. The spoofed Wikipedia […]

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