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McAfee Spam-A-Thon Finds That Fraudsters Prefer UK

McAfee Spam-A-Thon Finds That Fraudsters Prefer UK

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Security Firm McAfee Launched An Experiment Called S.P.A.M (Spammed Persistently All Month) in back in April 2008 and results just released show that UK citizens are a particularly targeted species, especially amongst Nigerian gangs. Fraudsters are taking advantage of the credit crunch to inundate internet users with no-question asked loans and credit cards and other financial offers which seem too good to be true. During the SPAM experiment which was launched to mark...



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