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Beware of SPAM
• 15 Mar 2007 •
 HACKERS have lately been pretending to be from the tax office and victims have received emails telling them they will get 90 euros back if they send their credit card number and pin code.
Spain has recently been victim to several internet scams: first pretending to be banks, then sending false Christmas cards and later posing as the National Institute of Statistics. Hackers have been stepping up the quality of their fraud and the latest thing has been pretending to be from the tax office in a period when many are making their tax return. Unfortunately, some have been seriously misled.
The solution is to be very careful with S8pam and not trust emails from unknown recipients. If it seems to be from a bank or authority, call them first to check, or if you do access the site, make sure it starts with ‘https’. Do not give personal information without first checking.
Sending this sort of mail to between five and ten million addresses can cost hackers approximately 85 euros, but although they normally only manage to trick a few, they can earn up to 90,000 euros from the scam.
Three Spanish girls in their twenties said they receive a lot of Spam and find it very annoying. Most of it is advertising but the girls think that rather than making people buy a product, it has the opposite effect, and they send it straight to the bin without opening it. Most of them don’t know how to prevent Spam from entering their accounts and one didn’t know that some Spam can contain damaging viruses.
Mr David Perry, who has lived in Alhaurin el Grande for the past six years and is originally from Hampshire, England; is in his fifties and has spent some money to keep his computer protected from Spam which, knowing all the possible dangers, he thinks was well worth it and has no problems with unwanted mail. |  Return to Top
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