{"id":140,"date":"2009-11-02T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T23:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=140"},"modified":"2010-12-02T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T02:05:05","slug":"new-e-mail-phishing-alert-its-easy-secure-and-free-in-big-bold-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/11\/02\/new-e-mail-phishing-alert-its-easy-secure-and-free-in-big-bold-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"New e-mail phishing alert – “It’s Easy, Secure and Free!” in big bold letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a recent news report, some 20,000 e-mail accounts have been hijacked from Internet phishing<\/a>. This includes major e-mail providers such as Hotmail and Gmail<\/a>. This results in spam being sent on behalf of the hijacked accounts and creates a major headache for both the hijacked and the non-hijacked caused by both spam and unauthorized usage of the victims’ accounts.<\/p>\n

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E-mail spam sample<\/p><\/div>\n

Major hallmarks of the spam include misspellings in the message, poor grammar and in the center a big bold sentence which goes like this:<\/p>\n

It’s Easy, Secure<\/span> and Free<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Followed by a link to a suspicious website that looks something like superb-blocked-check.com or see-alarming-block-check.com.<\/p>\n

Things you can do to stay clear of this:<\/p>\n