Recent e-greeting card scams have started to change its "form". The email
address of the sender is no longer from those "e-greeting" websites, but
any random email address. The link may also be an IP address only. A
typical one looks like the attached mail below. They have also introduced
more fake website names such as
googlygreetings.com, 1lovecards.com, funnygreetings.net, etc. (Read
more...)
An old-fashioned scam mail attempts to convince you that your IP address
is sending out emails due to worms. That applies if your ISP uses static
IP address. The mail will then include a "patch" where you can
click/download and install on your PC to prevent remove the worm.
Experienced guys will simply delete such a mail. But if you are not sure
and you received the same mail, note that the patch is in fact a trojan
or malware (i.e. virus). (Read
more...)
