1001 Postcards email scam

The fake e-card emails continue to spread around the internet. Here is yet another take on the virus delivering email. SecurePCNews.com recently alerted our readers to a growing form of virus scams using 'e-cards' as bait.

Here's another example that is rapidly spreading across the internet. This time the scam is using the brand of '1001 Postcards' to make the scam even more likely to trap unsuspecting email users.

Even clicking the link on these emails can infect your computer with a virus. Notice the link you're told to click ends in ".exe" That means that clicking this link will actually run a program on your computer. The program will install a virus on your PC. The virus might be there to steal your online banking passwords or send out SPAM emails that will look like they are coming from you. In either case, you don't want this virus on your PC.

If you've already clicked the link on this or similar emails we highly recommend getting at least a free virus scan of you PC. This can tell you if you've been infected and what you can do if you have.

The text from the email is included below (link has been changed so it won't work).

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From: webmaster@postcards.org [mailto:webmaster@postcards.org]
Sent: 04/08/2008 5:08 PM
To: ajones@riverbankconsulting.com
Subject: You have received a card from a family member!

You have received a card from a family member!

If you can‘t click on the web address above, you can also
visit 1001 Postcards

http://www.postcards.org/postcards/ and enter your pickup code, which is: a91-valets-cloud-mad

Oh -- and if you‘d like to reply with a postcard, you can do so by visiting this web address:

http://www2.postcards.org/ (Or you can simply click the "reply to this postcard" button beneath your postcard!)

Regards, 1001 Postcards
http://www.postcards.org/postcards/

You can pick up your postcard at the following web address:
http://www2.postcards.org/?a91-valets-cloud-31337

1001 Postcards and postcards.org are service marks of 1001 Media Group.
Copyright © 1997-2006 1001 Media Group.
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If you received an email like this, the safest thing to do is just delete it. If you have already clicked on the link you may have unknowingly downloaded a harmful PC virus. You should scan your PC for viruses now to check for spyware or any other malware.

If you don't have anti-virus software we recommend McAfee Security or PCSecurity Shield. Both provide great anti-virus protection at affordable prices.

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