Warnings of Katrina e-mail scams - Tech Support Forums

electric · September 3rd, 2005, 12:05 PM

just seen this on BBC,though i would pass it on

Computer users are being urged to be on guard for a bogus e-mail that pretends to offer news updates about Hurricane Katrina as a means to infect their PCs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4209182.stm

SPECIAL POLICE · September 3rd, 2005, 11:56 PM

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pphalan · September 4th, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by SPECIAL POLICE

thanks for the warning!!

Every disaster has them, I recieved some on 911 and tsunami relief, fake charities.
You want to help go to Osprey's thread
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paul9 · September 4th, 2005, 12:31 AM

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"The hurricane is a dreadful natural disaster, and it's sickening to think that hackers are prepared to exploit the horrendous situation in an attempt to break into computers for the purposes of spamming, extortion and theft," said SophosLabs senior technology consultant Graham Cluley.

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