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18-Sep-2009, 09:55 PM #1
Hotmail users big problem
I'm hoping every one who reads this will pass it on via email and get it around the world as quick as we can.
It seems every Hotmail user is getting an email from a person that they know with this message on it.
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Hello there
How are you these days ? I bought one apple iphone 3gs black from this website
elecanon.com. to my surprise ,It's original, but much cheaper .
You can check it , Hope you everything very well .
Best wishes
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Who ever is doing this is getting addresses from our hotmail contacts, sending this email and after that you lose all you contact information.
So if you have a hotmail account make sure your contacts are in another place so you do not lose them. If it hasn't happened yet it will.
I have contacted elecanon.com and hotmail. I will let you know of any further info I get.
Hope this helps.

Last edited by Cookiegal; 18-Sep-2009 at 10:53 PM..
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18-Sep-2009, 10:58 PM #2
I removed the malicious liks from your post so others don't click on them. Including them in your post looks to me like that may have been your intention. I certainly hope not.

Last edited by Cookiegal; 19-Sep-2009 at 06:42 PM..
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18-Sep-2009, 11:17 PM #3
I booted up Puppy Linux and followed the links, it is a legit website, or appears to be but it`s not a secure site. If theres malware involved it must be embedded in the emails. The sites email address is with Hotmail also.The site is under investigation by Siteadvisor.
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/ele...tid/?p=2122563
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19-Sep-2009, 04:25 AM #4
Anyone should be careful about those Asian sites. They are normally hacked by other and well a lot of them spam to much...
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20-Sep-2009, 10:07 PM #5
I would like to thank everyone who helped me with my PC problem. If I haven't named you please don't think I don't appreciate your help. Cookiegal, itsjusme, jessicalore. Hopefully I have found some new friends.
Be happy. Trevor.
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