In New Delhi: Trend Labs researchers alerted to the discovery of spammed messages that are doing the rounds which on clicking the Order Now button in the message redirects to the users to the site that says that the offer is no longer available.
February has already begun and Valentines Day, the most awaited occasion for the love buddies, is just round the corner. Lovers dont want to lose a single chance to woo their beloveds and thereby visit the best gift shops/gift websites to pick the best possible gifts or cards. Here come the spammers and their malicious activities. It is only the first week of the so-called love month but we have already seen spam messages doing the round and targeting people who flock to websites that advertise gifts they can give to their loved ones.
The spam message highlighted only be seen if you highlight the entire message. The message is intended to gather email addresses by making the user suspicious of the expired page which will cause them to unsubscribe. Users should never unsubscribe from anything that they didnt subscribe for in the first place.
Thus, by doing this the user will hand it over there email address to the spammers and its possible that this may be used to harvest email addresses for later Valentines Day-related attacks. Last Year too Trend Microresearchers alerted to the discovery of spammed messages that were doing the rounds on the pretext of Valentines Day which contained a Link that lead to a fake gift card promotion
Similarly, every special occasion and/or holiday is, in todays threat-laden Internet landscape, not just a time for people to celebrate but also a time for spammers to scam unwitting users with their devious scams. Spammed messages come in many forms and with varying payloads, some redirect users to sites that sell anything and everything under the sun, most especially pharmaceutical and replica items; some lead to links to malicious or malware-ridden sites; some lead to sites that advertise bogus promotions; and some carry malware as attachments.
"That is why users should always be wary of opening email messages, particularly those that come from unknown sources," commented Amit Nath Country Manager India and SAARC Trend Micro.
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