Don't be fooled by the latest Spam attacks

Email Ghosting:  Spammers can make it look like an email message is coming from your email address and send it to those you have listed in your address book.  This goes on without you even knowing!  If it can happen to you, it can happen to your acquaintances.

If you receive a message that looks like it is from someone you know - and it's a strange request for money, help, or trying to sell you something - don't automatically assume it is from them.  It is could be sent by a spammer hiding behind your friends email address!

Here's one hitting some of our members:

THIS IS SPAM - IT IS NOT FROM YOUR FRIEND
They had no knowledge of it even it it appears it came from their email address!!
From:  (will look like it's from some one you know)
To: YourEmailAddress

Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND!

How are you doing? I hope all is well with you; I had a trip to United Kingdom to visit my ill cousin, I didn't inform anybody before embarking on my journey to the Country, The news deliver to me as an "EMERGENCY" That she needs support to keep her life, Am with the doctors this morning that it is necessary that the Cancer is going too operated for perfection. Am with a little of cash because I never expected things to be the way it is right, I hope you understand my plight and pardon me. I will like you to loan me $1,700 USD to Sort-out her bills, the hospital management is demanding for a deposit of 2500 before they can carry out the surgery but she has been place on a temporary medical care. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me for now, since I don't know your financial status at the moment. I ll refunds you back as soon as I return back home. I am so confused because I don t know what to do at the moment. And she is very kind to me, one day you meet her. I have already spoke to the doctor to please give me few days to pay up, please let me hear from you so that I can forward you details.

Hope to read from you.
Kind Regards,
[the name of the person's email being used is listed here!]

Also,

Never Ever respond to a link in a message that requests your userid or password.

Poor spelling and/or poor grammar is prevalent in spam or hoax messages.

There are so many Spam messages floating around.  If you get something that doesn't sound right, or if you are asked to forward something to everyone in your address book - don't.  Check it out before you do anything!

Here are some places to start you off:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp 
http://www.snopes.com

How to Spot an Email Hoax

You can also just cut and paste the subject line or some of the text from the email into a search bar and see what a search engine turns up on it.  You'd be surprised!

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