Warnings of Katrina E-mail Scams

September 5th 2005 | General

Computer users are being urged to be on guard for a bogus e-mail that pretends to offer news updates about Hurricane Katrina as a means to infect their PCs.

The malicious e-mail gives a brief news bulletin on the disaster before urging people to click “read more” and be taken to the full story on a website.

Yet once directed to the website, a virus is sent to the user’s computer.

People are also being told to watch out for fraudulent e-mail scams pretending to raise cash for Katrina victims.

More details @ BBC News

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Warnings of Katrina E-mail Scams
Published in: General on 2005-09-05