With all the lottery scams out there, many people still want to believe that they have won some kind of lottery or prize drawing (even if they don't remember playing.) Last month, researchers detected numerous scams appearing to be from the Beijing Olympic Committee, allegedly announcing recent winners of the lottery for an Olympic promotion.
While in general attachment spam is dissipating, some of it is still very much alive. This attachment informs "recipients" that they have won a random drawing selected from a list of e-mail addresses. However, in order to claim their prize, they need to respond via e-mail -- as well as submit personal information that can later be used for identity theft or sold to a criminal underground network.
As the summer Olympics heat up, be prepared to see a barrage of Olympic-related spam.
