Scam/Spam Mail
Published on April 3, 2014
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I got two spam e-mails this morning that Gmail didn't filter. The first one had GM as the subject line and an attachment labelled Gmail. I was using my cell phone so I went ahead and opened it, figuring that if it was a virus worst case scenario I could erase my phone and start over. It was a letter claiming that I was chosen by Gmail to win $5000, and all I had to do was send my contact information and gender to the attached e-mail address. The e-mail address was Outlook, not Gmail. Gee, how stupid do I look?
These are more Scam e-mails than Spam, and the scary thing is that people actually fall for them. They peek their interest and they think that since they received the e-mail it must be legitimate.
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