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Every week I receive a number of forwarded emails, warning of viruses and other terrible things. Before you go forwarding these emals to everyone you know, take a few minutes to search Google for the virus named in the email. This will quickly tell you whether it's real.

Received 30 August 2006

The first clue was the fact that it was addressed to "Dear Madame/Sir". This email didn't have an attachment, but they have been used to trick people into opening viruses/trojans.

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SPY DOCTOR / Order : DD269901/
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This e-mail was generated by a mail handling system. Please do not
reply
to the address listed in the "From" field.
Please read the CUSTOMER SERVICE section for answers to your questions.
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Dear Madame/Sir,

Thank you for your order. Spysoftcentral processes orders and collects
payments
on behalf of PC Tools.

Your credit card (VISA) has been debited with GBP 79.39 and the level
of credit
card authorization has been changed.
Please note that "WWW.SPYSOFTCENTRAL.COM" will appear on your credit
card
statement, and not the name of the publisher (PC Tools).

You will receive detailed information on the shipment in a separate
e-mail
that was sent at the same time as this e-mail.

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SUBSCRIPTION
The following product involves a subscription:

Spyware Doctor - 3-months subscription
Duration of the subscription: Until cancelled
Payment interval: every 3 months
Order Date: 19 JUL 2006

THE ATTACHMENT TO THIS E-MAIL INCLUDES AN INVOICE FOR YOUR ORDER.

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT

If you have any content-related or technical questions about the
product,
please contact PC Tools directly.

Sincerely,
Your Spysoftcentral Team

Mobile phone virus hoax 13/12/2005

Subject: FW: URGENT message for mobile phone users!!!

URGENT message for mobile phone users!!!Please be careful and mindful! All mobile users pay attention if you receive a phone call and your mobile phone displays ( ACE ) on the screen don't answer the call. END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY if you answer the call, your phone will be infected by a virus. This virus will erase all IMEI and IMSI information from both your phone and your SIM card, which will make your phone unable to connect with the telephone network.

You will have to buy a new phone. This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia. There are over 3 Million mobile phones being infected by this virus in USA now. you can also check this news in the CNN web site.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

HIV infected needles on cinema seats hoax 13/12/2005

Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through
our NHS web page.

For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the odeon cinema,
Festival Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats.
When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking
through the seat with an attached note saying, "you have been
infected
with HIV".

The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar
events have taken place in several other cities recently.

ALL of the needles tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC
also reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas
of pay phones and coke machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme
caution
when confronted with these types of situations. All public chairs
should be thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough
visual inspection is considered the bare minimum. Further more, they
ask that everyone notify their family members and friends of the
potential dangers, as well.

The previous information was sent from hanley police station to all
of the local councils in the Staffs area and was interdepartmentally
dispersed.

We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible."

Read this article on the Staffordshire Police website