{"id":50775,"date":"2013-09-09T03:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=50775"},"modified":"2013-09-09T03:40:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T19:40:21","slug":"cnn-the-united-states-began-bombing-spam-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/cnn-the-united-states-began-bombing-spam-email\/","title":{"rendered":"“CNN: The United States began bombing” spam email"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new low for spammers. They are targeting people who are generally worried about the current affairs by sending out emails with the title “CNN: The United States began bombing”.<\/p>\n

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The email makes you take a look at the interesting headline and then provide a little information on the “story”. It states “(CNN) — Pentagon officials said that the United States launched the first strikes against Syria. It was dropped about 15 bomn on stalitsu syria Damascus. Full story >>”<\/p>\n

Naturally, some people might click on the “Full Story” hyperlink to read more as there is a picture showing black smoke which makes the whole “story” more real or dramatic. However, that is a super suspicious link.<\/p>\n

A few hints that this is not a legitimate news. The spelling is horrible. The construction of sentences are incorrect.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Google, it had already listed it as Spam Mail. However, for those not using Gmail or any virus\/malware protection, you have to be super careful nowadays. The spammers start to realize that people will want to check the sender. They have cloaked it with a nice looking email from a legitimate website. This can be done easily.<\/p>\n

So, next time, before you click on the link, do check where it leads to. For the above story, it leads to a Czech Republic website. Although Norton Safe Web<\/a> stated that the website is clean, it is still not right for anyone to make a false story.<\/p>\n

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