Broadband subscribers targeted for piracy hoax
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Security researchers at Trend Micro have stumbled upon a false spam campaign that is conning innocent broadband customers into thinking that they have been accused of illegal activities. Attached to the email is a file that is touted as being a report of illegal activities in the last six months. However, the file is merely malware.
This new spam tactic comes after several ISPs agreed with the music industry that they would send out warning letters to any customers they believed were partaking in illegal downloading.
Headed with the subject line '
Your internet access is going to get suspended' the email 'cautions' the recipient that they have been monitored by the Internet Service Provider Consorcium [sic].
"Recipients are most likely to be motivated by fear to fall for this ruse. It is, after all, the internet surfer's worst nightmare to have all their internet activities known to other parties - especially those who threaten legal prosecution," said Macky Cruz of Trend Micro.
Trend Micro warned all customers that any unsolicited emails should be deemed suspect.
Source: Web User
