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Email Malware |
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We don’t usually concentrate on these on this site as they are a whole new thing, but we like to touch on the basics as they are scams in the way they want you to open the email attachments. These scams can really be dangerous, and how they work is they will give you reason to open the file attachment, claiming it’s a valentines card, or some credit receipt, or a celebrity sex tape, or anything like that. Never open email attachments from unverifiable sources, as these can genuinely damage your computer. Opening the email itself is fine; it’s just the attachments that can harm.
Another emerging use of email malware scams is once they have been installed they aid the scammers into committing other types of fraud. One example is the once a victim has malware onto the computer, that malware sends out either instant messages (like MSN or ICQ) or emails to the victims contacts feigning an endorsement by the victim, and usually that endorsement is for fraudulant online retail companies. These sorts of scams in turn lead to theft and identity fraud. |
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Related Articles:Why do People SPAM?Surf the Web Safely? Online Identity Theft |
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