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> Subject: Virus/Worm Warning: New Virus/Worm making the rounds,
> pretends to be from PayPal.
>
> The messages look like they come from PayPal with a warning that your
> account is about to be terminated. To stop this (supposedly) happening
> you're told to run the program attached to the email.
> In fact the program will prompt you for your credit card accountJust got an email from a friend who work in IT:
> Subject: Virus/Worm Warning: New Virus/Worm making the rounds,
> pretends to be from PayPal.
>
> The messages look like they come from PayPal with a warning that your
> account is about to be terminated. To stop this (supposedly) happening
> you're told to run the program attached to the email.
> In fact the program will prompt you for your credit card account
> details and send them to the makers of this scam.
> The message has the subject: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES
> If the attached program is run it will display a fake Paypal web page
> asking for credit card details. The page is actually part of a program
> which will then email your details to a particular email address. The
> worm will also scan your Internet cache for other email addresses to
> send itself to.
>
> If you receive a copy of this on any email account you own, simply
> delete the message without running or opening the attachment.
> details and send them to the makers of this scam.
> The message has the subject: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES
> If the attached program is run it will display a fake Paypal web page
> asking for credit card details. The page is actually part of a program
> which will then email your details to a particular email address. The
> worm will also scan your Internet cache for other email addresses to
> send itself to.
>
> If you receive a copy of this on any email account you own, simply
> delete the message without running or opening the attachment.
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