Spam 'get rich' for recipients

Spam with content that promises to bring a large sum of money to e-mail recipients has doubled over the past month, while traditional topics like pornography and gambling are gradually disappearing.

Clearswift Company (UK) has listed 3 types of online fraud by spam with the highest density of the month. The first type is a letter asking the recipient to transfer a certain amount of money into the international bank and receive a percentage of the commission. These amounts are often sourced, as if withdrawn from an account that has been successfully phishing.

Alternatively, " experts " tricking credit cards will use the account information they steal to buy goods online, then find someone to hand over the item to them. The recipient of the e-mail acceptance of this may be subject to imprisonment on charges of illegally distributing goods.

The third type of trick involves the number of " low-priced shares " (penny share). Due to being cheap and obscure, stock prices can double if spammers just trick a few people to buy. At that time, they will sell off the stocks they have and make them lower.

In contrast, spam with pornography has halved in October, hoax 419 doesn't appear much, and encouraging gambling is almost gone. " For spammers, online fraud is also a way to make a living. They are dominated by money and if they don't succeed in this way, they will quickly find another way, " said Alyn Hockey, research director. Clearswift's rescue, explains.

TN ( according to VNUNet )