Don’t fall for dead Osama e-mail scam
Consider this a forewarning word to the wise:
There’s a phony e-mail scam going around (again) that says: “Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Monday evening. As evidence they took several photos, some of which we have included here. As yet, this information has not hit the headlines due to Bush wanting confirmation of his identity but the journalists have released some early photos over the internet which can be found attached.”
Whatever you do, don’t open the attachment. It’s a virus/worm that will be unleashed on your computer.
This is a new release of an old scam. This time, the sleazeoids behind the hoax are using CNN’s name.
Same thing happened a few years ago with a phony video tape e-mail allegedly sent by soldiers.
June 16th, 2006 at 9:18 am
You should point out that only users if Windows machines need worry… People who have Macs are safe from this and 99.9% of all other such malware, worms, spyware, viruses and the like.