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	<title>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Blog &#187; botnet</title>
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		<title>Newegg.com &#8211; Payment Changed &#8211; Spam Campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/newegg-com-payment-changed-spam-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trend for the summer is for the major botnets to spoof a different brand-name domain every week. This week&#8217;s victim is Newegg.com with large volumes of these bogus emails being sent by infected personal computers (zombies) acting to distribute these &#8220;Newegg.com &#8211; Payment Change&#8221; spoofs. A typical example comes: Subject:      Newegg.com &#8211; Payment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linked In Message &#8211; Virus</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/linked-in-message-virus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spam Tactics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social networking spam and virus messages are currently second only to online pharmacy spam, with the latest campaigns spoofing Linked In notification emails. Most are Arriving with subjects of either: Subject:   LinkedIn Messages Subject:   Join my network on LinkedIn The body of the messages themselves are fairly accurate spoofs of actual LinkedIn communications, for example: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virus Emails Gone Wild</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/virus-emails-gone-wild/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/virus-emails-gone-wild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spam Tactics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the botnets in charge of spreading viruses have decided to go random and wild this week. In an attempt to evade filtering and confuse end user recipients, they&#8217;re spewing vast amounts of emails and using a shotgun approach of randomization. Sending addresses are all random and spoofed and the emails themselves are short and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Target.com order has shipped &#8211; Virus/Malware</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/your-target-com-order-has-shipped-virusmalware/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/your-target-com-order-has-shipped-virusmalware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavy volume over the last few days in spoofed Target shipping confirmation emails which arrive from completely random addresses, such as: Subject:      Your Target.com order has shipped From:     &#8221;Earnest Dickinson&#8221; &#60;magma@rilapublicidad.com&#62; The spammers in the case have paid great attention to replicating legitimate Target emails: These emails look very convincing and are using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Friendster &#8211; Virus/Malware in Disguise</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/welcome-to-friendster-virusmalware-in-disguise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/welcome-to-friendster-virusmalware-in-disguise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch out for well designed, but spoofed invitations from Friendster currently making the rounds through spam driven email campaigns. The samples we&#8217;ve reviewed so far arrive as: Subject:      Welcome to Friendster From:     Friendster &#60;join@mail.friendster.com&#62; Meanwhile an inspection of the Internet Delivery Headers reveals these are actually sent from previously infected personal computers operating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Invited to Google Mail &#8211; Virus &amp; Malware</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/youre-invited-to-google-mail-virus-malware/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/youre-invited-to-google-mail-virus-malware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spam-Stats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re seeing quite the uptick in spoofed &#8220;Your Friend has invited you to open a Google mail account&#8221; emails lately. The typical email comes with a subject line and From address such as: Subject:      Edmond Fletcher has invited you to open a Google mail account From:     &#8221;Edmond Fletcher&#8221; &#60;auntee8@rosesbooks.com&#62; The clever part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review your annual Social Security statement &#8211; Virus</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/review-your-annual-social-security-statement-virus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/review-your-annual-social-security-statement-virus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=3062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest twist on virus/malware campaigns pretends to be an email from the Social Security Administration that supposedly contains a copy of your annual statement. The email arrives with the headers: Subject:      Review your annual Social Security statement From:     &#8221;Social Security Administration&#8221; &#60;notification@ssa.gov&#62; Due to possible calculation errors, your annual Social Security statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of Fees &#8211; Virus</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/statement-of-fees-virus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/statement-of-fees-virus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=2779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weeks most popular virus email variant attempts to use vague to it&#8217;s advantage. Rather than trying to convince you that the emails is an official message from Ebay, Visa, Paypal, Chase or some other well known business, these messages are intentionally non-specific. Subject lines refer only to some sort of &#8220;statement&#8221; like: Subject:     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.com: Please verify your new e-mail address &#8211; Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/amazon-com-please-verify-your-new-e-mail-address-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/amazon-com-please-verify-your-new-e-mail-address-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=2814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least one of the larger spam botnets is hard at work these last few days spreading itself via spoofed Amazon.com emails. For the most part, these frauds do an excellent job of mimicking legitimate Amazon emails. The arrive with a Subject line of: From:      &#8221;Amazon.com E-mail Subscriptions&#8221; &#60;delivers@amazon.com&#62; Subject:     Amazon.com: Please verify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro &#8211; Virus</title>
		<link>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/scan-from-a-xerox-workcentre-pro-virus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.onlymyemail.com/scan-from-a-xerox-workcentre-pro-virus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OnlyMyEmail Anti-Spam Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=2789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In another crafty attempt to induce email recipients to voluntarily infect their own computers with a virus the latest campaign spoofs a scanned document email purportedly from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro multi-tasking machine. The emails arrive from an endless variety of spoofed email From address senders, when they are actually sent from personal computers that [...]]]></description>
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