Thursday, April 30, 2009

Spammers Trying To Cash In on Swine Flu Frenzy

~~Not really surprising.  At least spammers work hard to stay current.  They do have a tough job. But you got to really wonder : Who reads spam ? And who in their right -cyber-mind would buy from a spam email ?
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Spammers Trying To Cash In on Swine Flu Frenzy

Nick Mediati, PC World

Apr 30, 2009 1:19 am

Worried about Swine Flu? If so, don't let your fear and anxiety dupe you into clicking dubious links in emails. Spammers are increasingly using Swine Flu in subject lines and messages to take advantage of people's fears of the rapidly-spreading Influenza strain, according to McAfee's Advert Labs Blog.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164116/spammers_trying_to_cash_in_on_swine_flu_frenzy.html