McAfee Labs Publishes ‘March Spam Report’

McAfee Labs today published its March Spam Report.
This month authors Adam Wosotowsky and Elan Winkler discuss a possible charity scam in France that takes advantage of sympathy for the victims of the Haitian earthquake, examine a “ham campaign” regarding events in Haiti, and look at another fraudulent attempt to connect “lonely women” with victims’ credit cards.
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Security professionals working together can expose fraudsters and sometimes bring about their arrests. One of our French researchers shows how it can work.
The disaster in Haiti was as usual a spark for spammers, but it also caused a significant amount of legitimate “ham” email
Spammers based primarily in China are keeping busy sending out scams offering Russian “brides” for sale

For this report and others, many available in up to eight languages besides English, visit our Threat Center Technical White Papers page.