Photos From Michael Jackson’s Memorial Mask Malware

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Jul19

Photos From Michael Jackson’s Memorial Mask Malware

by Mary Bagtas (Anti-spam Research Engineer)

The sudden death of Michael Jackson caused not only an outpouring emotions from his family, friends, and fans, but also a spread of spam mails that took advantage of this tragic event. Even after his memorial service last July 7, 2009, spammers are clearly not resting as they try to spread other malicious spam messages.

We recently acquired a Portuguese spam mail that attracts the people by stating that they have the pictures from the memorial service of Michael Jackson. Below is the screenshot of the mail:

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