We recently wrote about spammers sending out fake LinkedIn emails claiming you had received a new message on LinkedIn and that you had to click on a link to read it. However, instead of being taken to the LinkedIn website, you were directed to a blackhole exploit site that would attempt to download malware onto your PC.
It seems that it finally dawned on the spammers that legitimate LinkedIn emails notifying members of a new message contained the actual message inside and they’ve taken the time to update their malicious emails to reflect this.
But what could they possibly say to get people to actually click the link in an attempt to read or reply to the non-existent LinkedIn message?
That’s simple: they could simply turn the tables around and demand that YOU stop spamming THEM with “links to your business!” Who could resist defending themselves in order to avoid being labeled as a spammer?
Here’s a copy of the LinkedIn spam email we received:
Subject: Stop spamming me with links to your business!
From: Selwyn O’Ryan via LinkedIn (member@linkedin.com)
CC: Selwyn O’Ryan (fonseal1[at]memorialhealth.com)
Selwyn O'Ryan has sent you a message.
Date: 01/16/2012
Subject: Stop spamming me with links to your business!
Hi
Please stop spamming me!
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© 2012, LinkedIn Corporation
All of the links within this particular email were set to point to a pharmaceutical site, but they could’ve easily gone to a malware serving website like the last one did. So if you receive any LinkedIn spam emails, be sure not to click any links inside.
Maybe spammers do learn after all.
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