July 16, 2014 By Christopher Boyd
Scammers have recycled pieces of an email dated back to at least 2012 in their latest quest to steal as much money as possible from potential victims– they also flubbed and called it “Window Live” instead of “Windows”, but you can’t have everything. When someone opens their inbox, they’ll see the 419 senders have made use of a common marketing trick – titling the email “Re:”, to make it look like it’s a reply to something that’s been bouncing back and forth. Rather naughty, and surprisingly effective if the recipient isn’t paying attention:
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