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    Watch out for health-reform spam

    Consumer Reports News: August 25, 2009 10:13 AM

    As the debate over health-care reform continues, it's inevitable that you'll be seeing an uptick of spam e-mails on the topic. The top 5 spam messages that mention President Obama are all health-related, according to Symantec's latest report on the state of spam so far this summer. Here are the most prevalent messages:

    1. No health care and can't afford pills? You can now! Obama Sponsored Med Program
    2. Obama isn't helping; Let us give you cheap pills
    3. STOCK UP ON MEDS BEFORE THEY GO AWAY! OBAMA IS GOING TO KILL YOU!
    4. Obama Opens Online Pharmacy
    5. Obama has given us over $1BILLION to distribute affordable prescription drugs!

    Symantec even identified spam about Harry Potter that tries to lure recipients to link to an online pharmacy.

    The best thing to do with spam e-mails: Delete them! But according to our 2009 State of Net survey many spam recipients continue to engage with the spammers.

    Read this full post on the Electronics blog, and follow our continued health-reform coverage.


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