World Cup Spam: The Inbox is the Goal; Spammers Attack With Fraudulent (and Just Plain Irritating) World Cup Messages
June 19 2006 - 4:12AM
Business Wire
While the football forwards are playing offense on the field,
spammers are making offensive maneuvers of their own, trying to
leverage the World Cup for their own gain. Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH),
a leading provider of anti-spam software, has identified tens of
thousands of World Cup-related spam messages, with some containing
what appear to be fraudulent offers. World Cup spam has emerged in
almost every language, and while some of it is actually related to
the month-long football games taking place in Germany, most of it
mentions the World Cup in order to sell typical spam offerings such
as mortgages, online gambling and travel. Here are some examples of
categories of spam and their related "World Cup" subjects: Mortgage
refinance -- World Cup extra cashback offer plus new quicker
payments Gambling/casinos: -- join the world cup tipping to win
$10,000 in cash! -- kick off the world cup with a fantastic free
bet basket! -- free world cup prediction game: your last chance to
join! Travel packages & other products: -- fantastic family
holidays in the sun plus live world cup coverage -- win a vip trip
to the 2006 world cup final -- World Cup Special: Try our 32
different flavors (Spanish) Innovative ways to view the World
Cup/Ticket Offers: -- See the World Cup on your PC (Spanish) --
2006 FIFA World Cup now on mobile plus semi-final tickets to be
won! -- Germany 2006 World Cup. Tickets in hand! "Spammers are
trying to ride the World Cup's wave of popularity. They are
promoting travel, mortgages, betting schemes, and even a few things
that are actually related to the football games," said Amir Lev,
President and CTO of Commtouch. "These spammers send their
unsolicited messages to millions of people in the hopes that even a
tiny percentage will purchase their services, legitimate or not.
The convergence of spam and malware -- such as viruses and spyware
-- can make such attacks even more dangerous." Commtouch's Global
Detection Centers handles and inspects billions of email messages
on a monthly basis, in order to detect and block spam and malware
outbreaks in real time. About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd.
(Nasdaq:CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the
integrity of the world's most important communications tool --
email. Commtouch has over 15 years of experience developing
messaging software and is a global developer and provider of
proprietary anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus protection solutions.
Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern
Detection(TM)), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of
email messages per month to identify new spam and malware outbreaks
within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated
by more than 30 OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects
thousands of organizations, with over 35 million users in 100
countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a
subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see:
www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing
spam statistics and charts.
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