Spam mail and rogue programs

I found this e-mail in the junk folder of one of my e-mail addresses. I include it unaltered except that I have removed the link where it says "get report". The link was for a site registered in South Korea. Most of these spam e-mails come from outside the US.

Many people follow these links, and this is just one of many, many examples of how you might get infected by one of the rogue programs I write about so often. I do this so often because I continue to get phone calls, nearly every week, from yet another customer who has been infected.

PLEASE, be careful out there!

It is unbelievable to me that anyone would follow such a link coming as it does within such a piece of trash.

• Note the e-mail comes from "Tax Comissar". WHAT????
• Look at the Message ID# at the bottom of the note!

Just amazing that anyone would fall for this, isn't it? By the way, our tax folks at the IRS will NEVER send you an e-mail like this:

-------Original Message-------
From: Tax Commissar
To: brfrbo@brfrbo.com
Subject: You are in a higher tax bracket
Sent: 13 Feb '10 01:21

Dear taxpayer,

The Federal income tax is a progressive tax, meaning that the more you earn, the higher your tax rate. Your tax rate depends not just upon your taxable income, but also upon your filing status (single, married filing jointly, etc.).

You're in a higher tax bracket because:
- your annual income for the last tax year has increased.

Please review your annual tax report immediately at:
get report


Message ID#QB9FO8SA3WENMRU6MMTBKG1H21CYLX3KEDW7QT0WY0R
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