[IP] Spam-scam over Vioxx (fwd)
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\From: Brian McWilliams <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Spam-scam over Vioxx
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:46:07 -0500
Hi Dave,
FYI for your readers who may have recently received a spam inviting them to
file a complaint regarding Vioxx:
http://spamkings.oreilly.com/archives/2004/12/have_you_been_h.html
December 28, 2004
Have you been harmed by Vii0xx?
There's a clever scam spam making the rounds (sample here) that preys on
gullible users of Vioxx, the painkiller recently pulled from the market by
Merck over safety concerns.
The spam invites recipients to "file a claim" at a special website if
they've been harmed by taking Vioxx. If you go to the site (domains include
worldwideteamwork.com, whereitallhappens.com, among others), you are asked
to provide your name, email address, phone, etc., presumably so you can
participate in some sort of legal action against Merck.
The site appears to be designed to capture information for a spam operation
using servers from a notorious spam-hosting company in Brazil. If you check
out the home page of the site, you'll see it's an online pharmacy of some
sort. And it's still selling Vioxx!
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