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FROM CDC updates!
PHISHING SCAM - CDC Sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1
CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC
sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1. The messages request that
users create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the CDC.gov
web site.
An example of the phishing email is below:
<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTY1MjYyNCZt
ZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC02NTI2MjQmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NjIxNzY1
JmVtYWlsaWQ9c2ZpbmVtZWxAY2EucnIuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1zZmluZW1lbEBjYS5yci5jb20mZXh0
cmE9JiYm&&&101&&&http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html> Sample H1N1 phishing
email which states that the recipient needs to create a personal H1N1 (Swine
Flu) Vaccination Profile on the CDC.gov site
Users that click on the embedded link in the email are at risk of having
malicious code installed on their system. CDC reminds users to take the
following steps to reduce the risk of being a victim of a phishing attack:
* Do not open or respond to unsolicited email messages.
* Do not click links embedded in emails from unknown senders.
* Use caution when entering personal information online.
* Update anti-virus, spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software
regularly.
Sybil Finemel
BA.MLIS
Question point 24/7 Reference Librarian
Contributor, lii.org, Librarians'
Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
sfinemel@ca.rr.com
"Manners are of more importance
than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe,
corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us
by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air
we breathe in."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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