Nastygram: CDC ’swine flu’ vaccine scam

December 1st, 2009 admin

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


Originally posted on SecurityFix

 
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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...
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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?..
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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...
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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...
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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!..
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