Online users of various e-greeting card web sites, are advised, to open their e-mails containing online greeting cards with care. A new online scam, targets such e-greeting card users, by sending email greeting cards, using spam email.
These emails, claim to contain link to online greeting cards sent by relatives, old class mates and friends alike. However, they never do contain the full name of the sender and clicking on links provided in such emails, can lead to fraud and proprietary information threat. The rise of this new internet fraud, involves the use of email greeting cards or electronic greeting cards or postcards, which have malicious code or malicious software attached to it. As soon as one such email greeting card is opened and the link is clicked on, the user is redirected to a malicious web page, which may further download spyware or malware, on the fly, without the users consent or knowledge.
The new wave of attack, seems to be a nationwide trend. The first line of defense for such attacks, is to only open emails that are sent to you via trusted connections or peers. Another way to safeguard yourself from these attacks is to use potent firewalls and spam filters, that keep unwanted emails at bay. Users made victims by such attacks can file an online complaint on the ic3 government web site or the Internet Crime Complaint center also known as the IC3. The web site caters to users who might be defrauded using such spyware and malware applications.
