IRS Scam World's Biggest E-mail Virus Problem
Okay, I can see falling for the ol' "overthrown dictator wants to give you millions" or the infamous "your e-mail address has won the lottery" scams but what kinda dork is going to believe the IRS is e-mailing them?
Okay, I can see falling for the ol' "overthrown dictator wants to give you millions" or the infamous "your e-mail address has won the lottery" scams but what kinda dork is going to believe the IRS is e-mailing them?
The spam campaign, entering its third week now, is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This one campaign accounts for about 10 percent of the spam e-mail that his group is presently tracking, he said. "This is the most prominent spam-delivered virus in the world right now," he said.
