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Internet Explorer 7.0 Scam
- By Jay HS
- Published 12/5/2006
- Commercial Scams
- Unrated
Several of our 1,323,472 email addresses (setup just to perform spam+scam email mining) received an email from a scammer to download the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0. The link goes to a site something like secure01xxx.com(?). We still have the email but the link has been destroyed.
It is basically a phishing scam asking you to download a patch for your IE, that could be used in turn to hack into your PC. Beware of such a scam. As always, check the URL or simply type the exact URL which you know (e.g. paypal.com, microsoft.com, yahoo.com, etc...). Be safe then sorry, don't go for shortcuts.
