Archive for February, 2010

Blogger Email Scam

There is a Blogger Email Scam that is circulating.  It looks real, but when you mouse over the link you can see the scammer’s domain address in your browser status bar.  This is what the email says:

Dear Blogger account owner,
To update your Blogger account please click the following link:

link

Thank you for using Blogger.

This is a post-only mailing. Replies to this message are not monitored or answered.

Save Affected Lives In Haiti Scam

The United Nations UK Office 3 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EL. Switchboard..

MAKE YOUR DONATIONS NOW.

Dear Sir/Madam, A devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12th January 2010 sending the Haitian Capital Port-Au-Prince into Chaos, killing hundreds and affecting thousands more. Please give what you can today to help thousands of people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Relief aid workers from United Nations have already been arrived at the Haitian capital with relief materials.

Donations have been grouped into two categories:

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2500 Government and Company Computers Hacked

Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack.