It has long been established that spammers exploit popular media headlines to accelerate the distribution of their messages. And when that doesn't seem to work, spammers make it up. (Yeah, hard to believe, eh?)
Tried and true, spammers will often send bogus, but enticing, news headlines to lure users to blindly click on the messages or the infected links. Some of the recently discovered phony subject headlines included:
White House Hit By Lightning, Catches Fire
Latest! Obama Quits Presidential Race
Egypt Giza Pyramids Rocked By Massive Earthquake
Great Wall of China Damaged By Earthquake
Oprah Found Sleeping the Streets
Donald Trump Missing, Feared Kidnapped
Eiffel Tower Suffers Structural Damage, Collapse Possible
Of course, these eye-catching headlines are meant to, well, catch your eye. But only so you can open their spammy e-mail messages and click on their malware.
