The only upside to having an email address that gets 200 spam emails a week is that I usually get advance warning of email scams;
“Hello there,
I would like to inform you about important information regarding your email address. This email address will be expiring. Please read attachment for details.
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Best regards, Administrator”
It should go without saying that one should always ignore email messages like this, but one always need to be reminded, I guess. I don’t know what this one does, and I don’t want to know. Never, ever open an attachment from someone you don’t know. Even if it claims to be an admin.
Update: Turns out it’s called MiMail, and if you open the email your computer gets a bad file loaded that’ll totally crash your system (can’t virus writers think of anything original?). Apparently it’s spreading like wildfire — it was profiled on NPR today. Aren’t you glad you read StreetTech? 🙂