[pchelpers] News:Cosmetics company's stock price rises sharply following spam campaign

26 June 2006
Sophos warns traders to be wary of pump-and-dump spammers

  Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and 
spam analysis centers, have protected users against a spam campaign that 
is attempting to make money for criminals by inflating the stock price 
of a cosmetics company.

On Wednesday 21 June, Sophos experts issued protection against a 
widespread spam campaign that encouraged users to buy stock in a company 
called Southern Cosmetics. The emails, which consisted of an embedded 
graphic in an attempt to avoid detection by anti-spam filters, told 
recipients that savvy investors would be wise to buy stock in the 
company because of business deals it was making with Naomi LLC, a 
cosmetics firm endorsed by country music singer Naomi Judd.

More here:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/06/stockspam.html
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