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Greeting Card Hoax
Beware of fraudulent emails claiming you’ve received an electronic greeting card from an unnamed individual, someone you don’t know, or a generic friend, classmate or family member.

More information about this scam can be found here.

If you have received a message similar to the one below, and have clicked on a link within the message, please run an updated virus scan on all of your systems.


Example of scam message:

From: greetingcard.org [mailto:alofpaiapprovesmw@chugh.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:46 AM
To: dear friend
Subject: You've received a greeting eCard

Good day.
You have received an eCard

To pick up your eCard, choose from any of the following options:
Click on the following link (or copy & paste it into your web browser):

http://examplename.de/e-card.e_x_e

Your card will be aviailable for pick-up beginning for the next 30 days.
Please be sure to view your eCard before the days are up!

We hope you enjoy you eCard.

Thank You!

http://www.greetingcard.org


August 12th, 2008
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