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Which one is a scam news?
"Eating tulsi leaf can help to keep swine flu away"
or
Spam Campaigns about Swine Flu Cure Launched in India
http://tinyurl.com/llx2xv
http://www.spamfighter.com/News-12987-Spam-Campaigns-about-Swine-Flu-Cure-Launched-in-India.htm
Since the World Health Organization issued a warning about the spreading of
H1N1 virus or swine flu, malicious spammers have spared no time in exploiting
the event and are unleashing their spam scams. These spammers, having targeted
other countries, are now eyeing on India, which is also reeling under the
threat.
As panic regarding the swine influenza becomes widespread in the country
through media, spammers are further enhancing the hysteria with their malicious
e-mails. Using social engineering tactics related to the H1N1 flu, which is the
most current subject; spammers are managing to largely increase the possibility
of recipients opening their e-mails.
Recently obtained news reports state that Indian netizens are receiving an
unsolicted e-mail claiming that 'tulsi,' a flavored plant, could help to kill
the dreaded influenza. Indeed, spammers have wholly exploited the Indian
people's immense faith in Ayurvedic medicines, according to security
specialists.
Thus, the spam mails quote practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine to sound not
just genuine but also to make the recipients believe the e-mails. They proceed
to say that the tulsi can benefit people as it not only stops but also cures
the patient.
The spam mailers also suggest that a paste or juice of 20-25 tulsi leaves of
medium size should be taken empty stomach at least two times a day as this
strengthens the resistance of the body and minimize the possibilities of
getting ill.
In the meantime, some other spam mails on the Swine flu topic have been
circulating on the Internet. They pertain to 'medicine' type in which spam,
using a web-link, leads recipients to an Internet shop.
Hence, e-mail users in India and the world over have been advised that they
ignore such spam mails and go for sources that are more trustworthy in dealing
with the disease and in suggesting ways to get rid of the virus. Reportedly,
the pandemic has already taken many lives on the Indian subcontinent while in
Mexico, where the outbreak started, more than 149 people have so far turned
fatal, with increasing cases occurring daily.
ยป SPAMfighter News - 29-08-2009
Shrikant Vinayak Barve
Convener: We Love Ayurved
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