[pchelpers] News:Spammers leave users 'all shook up'

Fake Elvis downloads tout bogus stock tips

Ian Williams, vnunet.com 18 Oct 2007

Spammers have launched a pump-and-dump campaign that attempts to
manipulate share prices by delivering a message in an MP3 music file.

IT security firm Sophos said that emails are arriving with an attached
MP3 file purporting to be a song from well-known artists such as Elvis
Presley, Fergie and Carrie Underwood.

The files actually contain a monotone voice encouraging people to buy
shares in an obscure Canadian company.

The subject line and body of the emails are usually blank, and typically
contain an attachment called 'hurricanechris.mp3', 'allforone.mp3',
'carrieunderwood.mp3', 'elvis.mp3', 'baby.mp3', 'fergie.mp3' or
'bbrown.mp3'.

The voice on the MP3 file, which is randomly altered in an attempt to
avoid detection by anti-spam filters, says the following:

'Hello, this is an investor alert. Exit Only Incorporated has announced
it is ready to launch its new [obscured].com website, already a huge
success in Canada, we are expecting amazing results in the USA. Go read
the news and [obscured] on EXTO. That symbol again is EXTO. Thank you.'

More here:
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/news/2201466/pump-dump-spammers-tell-users
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