Pharmacy spammers capitalizing on Michael Jackson’s death
As rumors swirl that pop superstar Michael Jackson may have been killed by an accidental overdose of Demerol, Diprivan and other medications, it is ironic that shady prescription drug pushers are still abusing the King of Pop, even after his death.
That’s right. No-prescription pharmacy scammers are using Michael Jackson’s death as the bait in their latest spam e-mail campaigns.
According to the Xinhua news agency:
Computer security firms are warning users to be vigilant about spam messages capitalizing on the sudden death of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson. Security firm Sophos … reported that about eight hours after Jackson’s death, its experts witnessed the first wave of spam messages taking advantage of the breaking news in the subject line and body of the email.
In these messages, the spammers claimed that they have vital information about the death of Michael Jackson to share and asked for a reply … [Experts] said users should be wary of spam emails offering links to “news” or “pictures” of deceased celebrities, which most of the time will lead to websites touting pharmacy products …
The spammers have outdone themselves again.
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July 10th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Wow spammers… why would they even have non-relevant links
November 1st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Here is what I think about Michael, and I truly feel like this in my heart. I honestly feel that Michael was the most talented and entertaining angel in heaven. And being that God loves us all so much,(no disrespect to others who have different religiongs) that he wanted to share Michael with us. I bet you he said before Michael left “wait until they see”! We were granted 50 golden years with his angel, and while Michael slept he took him back, maybe that way because he knew if he was awake Michael might ask if he could stay a little longer because he loved us-humanity- so so much. Michael loved this earth and everything that was pure in it. For that alone I love him back, the talents he possessed were just icing on the cake. I am extremely thankful for Michael and also that I lived in HIS era and got to see his light which produced magic with my own eyes. So are just starting to realize who we had, and thats O.K., as long as love comes out of it. We who love him feel like we had him only for 50 short years, but I know in heaven it had to be the longest 50 years ever. They missed him then like we miss him now, hes adored and loved in and out of this world. Thank You Michael for everything, we loved and enjoyed every single minute that God granted us to have with you. You could never be forgotten cause you live in all our hearts, and definetely in your amazing music and art. You are the best gift I have ever been given, and you inspire me to be a better like you. Its definetely do-able, you have shown us that and laid the blueprint on how to make this world a better place “for you and for me”. LOVE YOU MORE MJ…