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Yet Another Lame Attempt At Stealing Your Money
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-07-19
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How many people would receive an email claiming that the sender had the cure for AIDS and believe it...
It's hard to tell, but someone out there is trying to fool you anyway. Sophos announced that it has blocked thousands of messages related to this bogus campaign.
The campaign is a classic example of the infamous "Nigerian Scam". Sophos reports:
The emails, which come from a Yahoo email address, claim that the 19-year-old correspondent has found a herbal root that has successfully helped the sick recover from AIDS, and that hospitals have confirmed that patients are no longer HIV positive. The email continues, asking for help in bringing the cure to English-speaking markets...
This email con-trick is the latest of many 419 scams. These scams are named after the relevant section of the Nigerian penal code where many of the scams originated and are unsolicited emails where the author offers a large amount of money. Once a victim has been drawn in, requests are made from the fraudster for private information which may lead to requests for money, stolen identities, and financial theft.
I guess somebody must be falling for these things or they wouldn't keep doing them. Or would they?
Tags: AIDS, scam, 419,
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About the Author:
Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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