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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Using CNN Alerts to Spam

I had been just alerted by the following email, as I do not remember I used this email address to subscribe to the CNN alerts. I am receiving these alerts through a different email address. So, this is what make cautious. The email came with the following information:

Return-Path: Judy-pettingi@texpacftw.com
Received: from fmy isp ([74.203.58.114]) LOCATION: UNITED STATES COLORADO LITTLETON 39.5714
-105.013 80124 -07:00 ISP: TW TELECOM HOLDINGS INC TWTELECOM.NET Area code 1,303 and weather station: USCO0239 - LITTLETON by my ISP (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id my isp for ..................; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:27:33 +0200
Received: from 74-203-58-114.static.twtelecom.net ([74.203.58.114]) by my ISP (InterMail vG.3.00.03.01 201-2196-126-102-20080315) with ESMTP id 20080811172732.MSNR4523.my ISP@74-203-58-114.static.twtelecom.net for ..................; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:27:32 +0200
From: CNN Alerts Judy-pettingi@texpacftw.com
Reply-To: Judy-pettingi@texpacftw.com
To: .............................
Subject: CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/HTML; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:27:33 +0200
Message-Id: 20080811172732.MSNR4523.fep25.mail.dk@74-203-58-114.static.twtelecom.net

The body of the message:

Alert Name: My Custom Alert

Homemade bomb discovered near Pentagon redirects to http://virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/cnnvid.html
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:27:31 -0700

FULL STORY redirects to http://virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/cnnvid.html However, other links point to the CNN sites. The links that point to manage preferences has prompts to login. Therefore, I suspect this spam. A professional service like CNN will never have prompts to login when they send you messages with links to manage preferences.


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