Email purporting to be from Disney Cruise Line claims that a number of positions are currently available and invites recipients to contact a “client service officer” to get an application form.
Links to reports about older hoaxes, scams, and true stories. These messages may now be quite outdated and no longer in general circulation. However, they may still occasionally come your way and also retain some historical value.
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Email purporting to be from international hotel chain, Radisson claims that jobs are available at a Radisson hotel in London and interested applicants should email their CV’s or call for further discussions.
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Circulating social media message claims that a folder named “System32” is a harmful computer virus. The message tells how to locate the folder and claims that deleting it will restore a high speed Internet connection.
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Email purporting to be from UK based service provider O2, claims that recipients can open an attached file to view their bill online.
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Message circulating rapidly via social media posts and email warns users to watch out for messages with an attached file called “Windows Live Update” or “Archive (Windows Live)” because it contains the most destructive computer virus ever.
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Message circulating on Facebook warns users not to open any message about a new browser called RockMelt because it is a virus.
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Message circulating on Facebook warns Cafe World users not to click on an avatar named “BBQ ENTHUSIAST” because it is a “trojan horse virus”.
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Facebook message warns Farmville players not to open a white gift box surrounded by blue lace because it is a virus.
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Message circulating on Facebook warns users not to open an attachment called “Invitation Fb” or “Invitation FACEBOOK” because it will launch an “Olympic torch” virus that destroys the hard drive of the infected computer.
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Message circulating via social networks and email warns users not to add somebody called Howard Hertzberg to their friend list because it is a virus.