Spammers Blasting Away with CNN Alerts
by
Brett Bumeter
For a couple weeks, I have been receiving lots and lots of spam that looks like a new and improved CNN mobile alert via email. In the past, spam had a history of often times having spelling issues or looking less than professional.
With the CNN alerts, the opposite ploy is utilized. These spam emails masquerading as cnn alerts, actually look better and more professional than the real thing. They often times use real story headlines mixed with slightly spectacular headlines.
The result is that you ignore the regular headlines coming in individual alerts, but are then tempted to check out the headlines that are slightly more impressive. I’ve almost clicked on these things myself, before catching myself at the last minute.
So if you see these or get peppered with them, don’t click on them. Don’t even click on the unsubscribe button which shows up with some messages but not all, again tempting you to unclutter your inbox so that you don’t have to buy memory just to keep Outlook running and extra day.
Just send it to spam or junk or wherever and remember to be careful with that mouse!
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