Sun, Oct 21 2007 15:40 Don

Halloween spam tries to spirit away personal information

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have intercepted an attempt by spammers to hijack Halloween festivities to grab personal information from innocent internet users.

Sophos has identitied a spam email campaign that tries to lure recipients into handing over a wide range of personal information with the promise of a $250 gift card. The email uses a variety of painful puns associated with the spooky celebrations on 31 October.

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