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Beware of Mother's Day scams and spam

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Wednesday May 6, 2009

Spammers and producers of malware never seem to take a vacation. They try to capitalize on every holiday including Mother's Day. McAfee and Symantec have both detected increases in the amount of Mother's Day spam. Some sites in particular seem to be the top offenders and can infect your Mom with spyware and viruses if you send your card from one of them. Here's how to protect yourself and your Mom!

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Show Notes

- See McAfee Site Advisor's list of bad e-card sites.

- Some of the common subjects in Mother's Day spam are:

- Mother's Day Exclusive! Flowers from $19.99
- Gevalia has the perfect gift idea for Mother's Day
- Mom Will Love Getting this Musical Letter from You
- Give Mom a Personalized Gift! Hurry - Order Today!

- Many of the subjects are centered around gifts.

- Card sites to stay away from include:

- 2000greetings.com
- freewebcards.com
- fun-e-cards-.com
- fundsilly.com
- celebwelove.com
- fukkad.com
- funnyreign.com
- eforu.com
- ecard4all.com
- myfuncards.com

Here are some safe e-card sites:

- AmericanGreetings.com
- 123Greetings.com
- Hallmark.com
- BlueMountain.com
- EGreetings.com
- WorldWildlife.org

- Protect your Mom by sending your e-card from one of the safe sites.

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