Peaches Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Feb2 Valentine’s Day Spam Now Arriving Every year, Valentine’s Day is marked by lovers exchanging flowers as well as giving confectioneries and sending greeting cards to each other. As early as now, spammed messages exploiting the occasion have been spotted online. Clicking the Order Now button in this spam redirects users to a site that says that the offer is no longer available. To bypass spam filters, the spammer inserted seemingly non-relevant or salad words into the message. This can, however, only be seen if you highlight the entire message. The message appears to be intended to gather email addresses. Users may become suspicious of the expired offer page, which may cause them to try to unsubscribe. This is the reason why a link for this very purpose is in the message, which leads to the following page. More plus screenshots - http://blog.trendmicro.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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