Spammers impersonate MSNBC, CNN. Victims hit with malware »

Posted By Wil 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology

Spammers have upped the ante in their efforts to trick news consumers, switching from e-mails with tabloid-style headlines to impersonating major online news services. On Wednesday, e-mails that appeared to be from msnbc.com landed in inboxes worldwide, promising breaking news and confusing some recipients.

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    TimALoftis1 year, 2 months ago

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    I received one of these emails that thankfully it went into my spam folder and I did not open it.

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      Happy311 year, 2 months ago

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      "CNN Alerts!- Major airliner crashes..."
      I probably have received 100 in the last seven days

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