[pchelpers] News:Email scammer poses as Scottish Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PC-Helpers <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:29:39 +1200
Scam attempts to steal money and commit identity theft
7 June 2006
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and
spam analysis centers, have warned of an email scam that pretends to
come from the Scottish Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport.
The emails, which have the subject line "Greetings from Scotland.", have
been spammed out to internet users claiming to come from Patricia
Ferguson, a member of the Scottish Parliament. The emails requests the
recipient's help in moving $40 million out of the United Kingdom "for
safekeeping" and contain links to the MSP's personal website.
However, Sophos warns computer users that this is a ruse to steal
personal details, and that the fraudsters behind the scam campaign can
use such information to steal money from bank accounts and commit
identity fraud.
More here:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/06/scottishmp419.html
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