14 DAY TRIAL // Because the United States was celebrating Mother's Day, the email spammers were also trying to modify their malicious methods and send millions of unwanted messages to our inboxes. Most of the emails contained adverts and promotions for Mother's Day that allowed you to buy all sorts of things for your most special person. Among the promoted products, we can find fruits, flowers, chocolate or other kinds of gifts prepared for this celebration. According to security company Sophos, no more than 23 countries were assaulted by unwanted messages; but the spammers were focused on North America because it represents the largest market for Mother's Day.
"The United States is celebrating Mother's Day on Sunday, and spammers have ramped up their operations to try and sell last minute goods to forgetful sons and daughters. Mothers may appreciate their children being reminded by a spam to do something special, but buying goods advertised in this way only encourages the spammers to send more junk email," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, according to a press release published today.
Of course, there is no 100 percent efficient antispam filter but, as usual, you can defend yourself by refusing to open malicious and unknown messages sent to your inbox. However, this spamming campaign doesn't seem to be too dangerous as it only advertises several products, but there are no reports of spyware, malware or other infected files. As you might know, buying stuff from spam messages might cause death because the unwanted emails are advertising any type of product, no matter if it is dangerous or not. In the past, it was reported that a woman was found dead after she bought pills advertised through spam messages, the cause being represented by the intoxication with prohibited US medicines.