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 [...]

In this day and age almost everybody that has access to the internet also has an online e-mail account. And if you have an e-mail account, spam is definitely an issue that you have encountered. According to Trend Micro’s report covering January to June 2010, spam makes up for 97 percent of all e-mails in [...]

Were you going through your inbox when you noticed a number of non-delivery notices? Are you trying to figure out when you sent them? Well stop scratching your head so much, if you don’t remember sending all those bounced e-mails then you probably didn’t send them. So the question is; Who is sending spam from [...]

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 [...]

Today Beyonce dies in a plane crash, tomorrow it’s Brad Pitt – who is next? According to spam e-mails that have been circulating the internet Bon Jovi, Cameron Diaz, Miley Cyrus and many other famous celebrities have lost their lives to plane crashes or car accidents. Using celebrity names and big events to grab people’s [...]

That’s right, there is a malicious e-mail making its rounds with the subject title “McAfee VirusScan Plus”. The e-mail looks fairly legitimate however it does have a few spelling mistakes which is an indicating factor of its illegitimacy. The spam e-mail comes with an attachment and prompts a recipient to download a free trial version [...]