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Spammers Becoming 'Social' Menace
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, Nov 14, 2008 1750 hrs IST

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker network has recently discovered a new malicious social-engineering spam campaign that targets the popular social networking site - Orkut.

A spoof email, appearing to come from the domain google.com is doing the rounds on the Internet. It carries a fake notification which advises the user that their account has been subjected to investigation and will be terminated within 72 hours unless they click through the hyperlink and follow the necessary instructions.

Earlier this year Facebook had faced similar malicious threat.

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