9Monday, January 28, 2008
Spyware/Adware Alert!!!
Please be aware of these spyware/adware risk. Recently, a friend of mine, Mariah, got her account hacked. It happened yesterday... then on my mail, i received an email from her the same day she got hacked.. this was the message i received,
I NEED YOUR HELP URGENTLY.
From: Mariah pharell (mpharell@hotmail.com)
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 11:30:14 PM
To:
Hello,
How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn't inform you about my traveling to West Africa for a Conference, the Conference is taking place in three major countries in West Africa i.e Benin, Ghana and Nigeria i am schedule to use 5 days here in West Africa, Nigeria. It has been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain.
I am really stranded in Nigeria now, i have been trying to contact you on mail, but i don't know what happened to your mail, because I forgot my wallet in the Taxi where my money the sum of $6,000 documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1,500 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my luggage and my passport and hand me over to the Cops, I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $500 to feed and help myself back home, so please can you help me with a sum of $2,000 to sort out my problems here, I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and worried situation here.
I am sending you this e-mail from the Hotel Internet, I will appreciate you to help me out and i shall refund the money back to you this week immediately i get back home because the hotel management told me they will contact the Cops, if i fail to offset the hotel bills soon. So please kindly assist me out and i would refund the money back to you. You can wire the money via western union money transfer with my information below:
Name : Mariah pharell
Address : Lagos - Nigeria
Text Question: To Whom?
Answer: Mariah
Amount : $2,000
Please kindly email me the wire details, so that i can get back home.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Mariah pharell
therefore, pls take care of ur account. install watever shit to prevent hacking from happening.
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