'Rise of romantic SPAM' is rising !!!

Security experts warned that the amount of spam with 'romantic' content to trick users is growing very strongly.

Security firm Sophos says such spam emails target many different goals - such as checking the status of incoming email addresses, if the address is 'alive' it becomes A good bait for spammers (spammer).

More harmful is that spam emails like this can also result in an abuse of other people's trust. In this situation, the recipients of those emails think that they have established a relationship with a friend via the Internet and sometimes reveal to them both personal information or even 'give' them. money.

This is an example of a fake email sent from a 'young woman':

'Hello my dear friend,

Bạn đã tìm qua các web một số thứ tự cũ và tìm thấy thông tin của bạn. Nếu bạn muốn đăng nhập bạn cần nhận để biết bạn hơn. I am coming to your country in few weeks and I think we can meet each other. I am pretty looking girl. I am 25. Don't reply to address email này directly. Email me back at [email address removed]. '

'Hello my friend,

I have been roaming the Internet for a few weeks now and suddenly I found information about you. I decided to email you with the desire to learn more about you a bit. In a few weeks I will visit your country and then we can meet. I am 25 years old and a pretty looking girl. Please do not send me a reply directly via this email address, please send me to the address . '

Graham Cluley - Sophos senior technology consultant - recommends that users should be really careful to check and ask themselves if there is a young woman who catches your information on the Internet and is impressed. icon to the point that email contacting you.

' Even if this is the case, this is just an act of someone who never wants to see you. If the reply to that email also means that you confirm your email address is still active. Not only that, you can also face deception to steal your money . '

Sophos confirmed in some cases that the email address used to send spam emails of 'romantic' content comes from a spam-sending website to sell health products.

Through this warning, security vendor Sophos wants to warn users to be really careful and alert to Internet fraud.

Hoang Dung