Archive for June, 2010

Random Emails with HTML Attachment – Malware

Over the last month or so I have been inundated with emails claiming to be from various sources like 123Greetings, Facebook, Microsoft and all claiming that I must open the attached file. BEWARE!

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YouTube – Malware

An email supposedly from YouTube says that a user would like to be friends, but when you click it you are directed to a Russian website that is hosting Malware.

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Person’s Consulting Group – Nigerian 419 Scams

After discussing with the scammer, I am certain that this is a Nigerian 419 Scam. He is offering a position in his ‘Prestigious Financial Company’ by the name of Person’s Consulting Group (or Perscons Group sp??) which involves transferring large sums of cash between bank accounts and keeping a 5% commission for the trouble. Yeah right! He said the company is 8 years old, quite strange then that the website was create just a few days ago and that portions of the text is a complete copy of another website.

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