The Spam Omelette #42
September 16, 2009
Week
in Review: September 9 – 16
1. WebMD
spoofed newsletters get back in the game
Remember WebMD, the legitimate online resource on health and
diets? The company’s brand has been thoroughly abused earlier this year by
Canadian Pharmacy spammers, who ripped WebMD’s newsletters and rigged them
images depicting Canadian Pharmacy current offering. After a couple of months
of absence, spammers have re-embraced the WebMD approach.
Although summer’s almost gone, spammers are still targeting
Ranking third in this week’s spam top, the word NEWSLETTER
2. WEIGHT
loss is always fancy
people willing to drop a few pounds – if not to look good on the beach, at
least to impress during swimming pool sessions. Here is a fast and – of course
– unapproved method of losing some extra weight, along with some extra cash:
the miraculous Acai Berry product. Please note that these “%100 natural and
safe”products are not approved by any medical commission. More than that,
payments made to online stores that promote themselves through spam may not be
the wisest idea.3. NEWSLETTERS,
more newsletters
has been identified by BitDefender’s spam specialists in messages advertising
Canadian Pharmacy products. Disguised as a newsletter, the mail template has
been modified in order to display a central image with the currently running
offerings. This is a common practice among spammers, who disguise their illegal
activities as recommendations coming from MSN, Yahoo and other trustworthy
brands.
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