RE: A new level of spam?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

It's actually organized crime, isn't it? Sometimes they net big bucks from
inexperienced and gullible people.

Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzette Leeming [mailto:suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:32 PM
> To: Bonnie Granat
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: A new level of spam?
> 
> These are malware, which is spreading at an alarming rate - 8 
> to 11 million per hour. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING in this emails 
> or you will be infected. The best thing to do, as Bonnie did, 
> is to create a rule to send them immedately to junk mail. 
>  
> They have already changed once, and uses a variety of 
> filenames. It used to be CNN: Daily Alert Top 10 and is now 
> CNN: My Custom Alerts, or something like that.  
>  
> I fail to understand why someone would create something like 
> this, other than a sick, perverted desire to spread chaos and 
> destruction. Are they proud of their accomplishments when 
> they see it reported in the news? I always think it must be a 
> kid because surely adults are too mature for this type of 
> prank. There's no money in it, unless they made a huge bet 
> with someone that it could be done.
>  


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