Nastygram: CDC ’swine flu’ vaccine scam

E-mail scam artists are impersonating the Centers for Disease Control with a bogus e-mail that claims to offer information about a state-run vaccination program for the H1N1 “Swine Flu” contagion. This highly topical and plausible e-mail message directs recipients to a fake CDC Web site that tries to foist malicious software. Recipients who fall for the ruse and click the link are brought to a counterfeit CDC site that showcases a “Personal H1N1 Vaccination Profile” as an electronic document that supposedly contains
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lanechng (Kyle S.) : @ctp As of yesterday, their email validator didn't accept plus signs. I sent them a nastygram and they fixed it in 10min, but I feel bad... Updated : 2010-03-11T18:03:43Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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talldrink (Hanna) : Mentally crafting a nastygram to Metro bus services while I sit in freeway traffic. Apparently they don't know there's express lanes?.. Updated : 2010-03-11T16:57:40Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ToTheNth (To the Nth) : @WifeyofaSailor I would be royally pissed. Write 'em a nastygram! I think you should get a discount for the disturbance... Updated : 2010-03-11T15:45:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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jmatwood (Julie Atwood) : I wrote a nastygram to the president of the college. And I also wrote a love letter to the nice lady who went above and beyond helping me... Updated : 2010-03-11T08:11:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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EyanJ (RighteousIndignation) : @odotjdot it will have an angry letter/nastygram BUTTON, son! my phone will automatically know what i'm pissed off about and write for me!.. Updated : 2010-03-11T07:25:35Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Hurt Locker producer Banned from Oscars for Avatar nastygram
[Movies]Nicolas Chartier, the "Hurt Locker" producer who ran afoul of AMPAS campaign regulations by sending emails disparaging "Avatar," has been denied attendance at the 82nd Oscar ceremony by the Academy.
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Congress Goes After NebuAd... Again
[Tech Industry News]The anti-NebuAd nastygrams keep flying out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; today's is directed at Embarq, which held a trial of the tech but may not have let its subscribers know it was passing their surfing data to a third party. Oops.
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Cash, not idealism, Behind ISP Embrace of Music Business
[Music]Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping. The move has proved hugely controversial already, generating charges of "spying on users" and even a BBC column on how Virgin could just go stuff itself into a trash can.
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Best Buy Apologies For Sending Cease & Desist Letter
[Business & Finance]After contacting Best Buy's Corporate Public Relations Group to sort out confusion over use of the "Improv Everywhere" logo, Scott gets a letter, apologizing for having sent him a misplaced nastygram.
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Apple isn't amused by the iBuzz
[Apple]What happens when you parody the iconic iPod silhouettes to promote your iPod-powered sex toy? If you're UK site Lovehoney, Apple sends you a nastygram - even though you'd sent Steve Jobs a sample for his birthday. Link is to The Register story and is safe for work.






















