Spam Purgatory

Hackers are rather busy these days with new bold outlooks as they attack large companies and websites which could ultimately lead to a rash of spam emails. The latest hacking incident comes from a group of hackers who have yet to be indentified hitting the jobs section of the Washington Post website. The hackers made [...]

To our surprise, this festive season came with a huge decline in spam volumes. Unlike the past years where Christmas and New Year celebrations where opportunities grabbed by greedy spammers, end-users were spared the typical flood of unsolicited e-mails this time around. Instead, the levels of spam e-mails went down from about 200 billion in [...]

It’s the season to be scary as Halloween fast approaches us and spammers get ready to take advantage of this holiday. Internet security company Symantec, has already detected several Halloween themed spam e-mails in circulation. These spammed e-mails claim to promote e-cards, gift cards, jackpots, sweepstakes, personalized gifts, online contests, printed products and even costumes. [...]

It may appear as though the e-mails are from iTunes, but they are actually from a malicious source disguised as iTunes. The e-mail arrives with the subject title “Your receipt #” followed by a few random numbers. It is supposedly from “donotreply@itunes.com” and contains a fake iTunes receipt for a ridiculously expensive purchase. Naturally, a [...]

The New York federal authorities busted an international email lottery scam that was run by four Queens men. The alleged criminals managed to trick 30 to 40 targets out of over $2 million around the world. The scam was headed by two Nigerian-born men who took on the task of spreading spam emails claiming that [...]

Last week Google launched a new feature that allows users to make calls to landlines and cell phones directly from Gmail. The feature is located on the left side of the Gmail inbox in the form of a small phone icon. Once you are logged into your Gmail account all you need to do is [...]