In not-so-surprising news, scammers have cooked up yet another Steve Jobs related scam – this time hoping that you’ll make a donation to their bogus “Steve Jobs Charitable Foundation,” which promises to help young developers “bring their ideas to life.”Ever since Jobs’ passing 3 weeks ago, scammers have been hard at work attempting to boost traffic for affiliates, steal personal information and spread malware through a series of scams ranging from claiming Apple is giving away free iPads to spam that claims Jobs was still alive.
According to Trend Micro, the focus of this new bogus Steve Jobs charity fund is to lure people into sending money to an account belonging to an online casino payment site. It’s highly doubtful the owner would use the money for charitable purposes.
The email that scammers are sending out reads:
Subject: Raise money for Steve Jobs Charity Fond!
Good afternoon
Steve Jobs Charitable Foundation ask people about help for young webcoders. Majority of young gifted people do not have opportunity to study and bring their ideas into the life. As most known innovators in IT we support the individuals who dare to be different and work hard to change our livign quality for better.
You are the one who can join us. Even a small amount will work for us and for good.
We will keep in touch sending the reports of ouractivities.
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Thank you very much
If you see the email above drop in your inbox, go ahead and delete it.
If you’re interested in donating money to a charity – ironically something Steve Jobs was well known for NOT doing – then it’s recommended that you navigate to a charity site by typing the organization’s URL directly into your browser’s address bar. Don’t follow a link from an email.
Stay on your toes, folks and beware of future Steve Jobs scams.
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