Kidnapping Email Scam unearthed in Naperville
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Police in Naperville, Illinois is warning general public to stay away from a kidnapping email scam that has already claimed a few victims since last week. In a new ploy, fraudsters are sending emails informing recipients their kids have been kidnapped. They are asked to give away a ransom to secure release of their children.
The emails come with a terse “We have hijacked your baby” in the subject line. While spelling out $50,000 as ransom money, it asks them to await further instructions for sending it. For now, it asks recipients to click on a link if they wish to view a photograph of their child.
The link connects to a zipped file presumably containing the promised snap. Recipients attempting to unzip and open it, however, will only set off the download of dangerous malware onto their computers.
The malware, said to be from redii.org, spies on confidential information in the computers and transmits them to fraudsters.
Police officials are advising users to ignore such emails and especially not to click on the links embedded inside them.
Source: SuburbanChicagoNews.com
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September 7th, 2008 at 7:51 am
i am Hassan from Iran
14 daya a go i reseept a e mail : yuo are a winner 25000000 us dollers from e.a.a.s lottery
but i dot by any ticket what who am i a winner ?
please answer me it tru our folse
thanks alot
January 19th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
probably not …
February 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
no it jus say tht so u can click on it and waste ur time
February 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
nah it aint true^