Watch Out For Scammy Swine Flu Email, Websites
How can you tell you've made it on the Internet? How about if you're turned into spambait? MSN Money reports that scammers are taking advantage of the sudden interest in swine flu by using it in subject lines to get people to open messages and download attachments. Don't do it! Tell your friends and relatives not to do it, either!
Watch out for "helpful" websites, too:
Also, be highly skeptical of unknown Web sites with the words "swine flu" in the domain name. Online security firm F-Secure reports that dozens of new swine flu domain names were registered in the last few days. F-Secure said some of these sites are already offering ways to "protect your family from this crazy flu."
"Watch out for swine flu scams" [MSN Money] (Thanks to HogwartsAlum!)
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Don't see how or why anyone would fall for these as there is no "swine flu" going around and it's been decades since "swine flu" was active. ;-)
I'm sick of having to "warn" my family not to open emails and download attachments. If they havn't learned by now, I'm sure having their computer at Geek Squad for 2 months and being charged $175 to accomplish nothing will learn em good.
So my computer can get swine flu too?
@Laura Northrup: Or as Stephen Colbert mentioned a little while ago: 'If you suspect your friend has swine flu, simply lick them and see if they taste like bacon.'
Their keyboards must be REALLY huge if you can type on them with cloven hooves.
@Radi0logy: I think the damage is much more severe if you all take your computers to Geek Squad for repairs... and you call yourself a consumerist.....
When pigs fly..... The Swine Flu..... hmmm....
@EdnaLegume: I was implying that they wouldn't get my help this time, and would instead be forced into using Geek Squad. But thanks for playing along :P
What kind of a pig would do that?