If you haven't gotten an email from spammers using a GMail account lately, consider yourself lucky. Spammers using GMail accounts are running rampant these days, and the so-called SEO Spammers seem to me to be the worst offenders, but by no means are they the only spammers utilizing GMail to send their tons of junk.
CAUTION: DO NOT OPEN THESE!
If you get an email with the subject line:
Spyware Alert!, Virus Alert!, Worm Detected!, Trojan Alert!, or some other warning notice of similar subject content, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY and DO NOT Click the link in the email that recommends you to install a patch!
You all know what an advocate I am against SPAM!
Please join me today as we celebrate the capture of what authorities believe is the "Spam King".
Robert Soloway, a 27-year-old Seattle resident dubbed the "Spam King" by federal authorities and exasperated Web users (myself included!), allegedly ran his business from his apartment.
There is an email circulating that could fool you into clicking on the Zip File I wanted everyone to be VERY aware of!
It comes with the subject line "Worm Alert!"… and says: