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Ukraine
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| Virus hoax |
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| This appears to be a 'chain letter' style scam. It may have the subject: '!!!WARNING -- DESPITE-virus!!! -XGVQ'. The text of the hoax reads as follows: !!!!!This is not SPAM or joke!!!!! ---------------------------------- Hi from Ukraine. When you receive this message, all computers in your network is already infected by DESPITE-virus. 11th of October, 1999, data in the all databases will be lost. For disinfect you need to use only STARIONI disinfector. 1. Send to data@aip.mk.ua your valid e-mail address with subject "DESPITE". 2. Send US$24.99 to the following bank account. Bank account: BENEFICIARY: NIKOLAEV BRANCH CB "PRIVATBANK" BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 27 FRUNZE STR., NIKOLAEV UKRAINE ACCOUNT: 3901 9 004017 003 BANK OF BENEFICIARY: COMMERCIAL BANK "PRIVATBANK" ADDRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY'S BANK: DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE SWIFT: PBAN UA 2X CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT: 890-0085-754 INTERMEDIARY BANK: THE BANK OF NEY YORK ADDRESS OF THE INTERMEDIARY BANK: Eastern Europe Division One Wall St., 9-th Floor New York, N.Y., 10286, USA SWIFT: IRVT US 3N DETAILS OF PAYMENTS: IN FAVOUR acc.26206791707001/875 RACHKOVAN VADIM After receiving your bank transaction, the STARIONI disinfector in self-extract archive "starioni.exe"(74.648 bytes) will have been deliver to your mailbox immediately. |
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Many virus hoaxes:
As usual, you are urged not to pass on warnings of this kind, as the continued re-forwarding of these hoaxes simply wastes time and email bandwidth. It is possible that you may receive a hoax via email with a file attached. Obviously, such file attachments should be treated with caution as they may be virus infected. Sophos recommends deleting virus hoax emails, whether they contain file attachments or not. Sophos suggests a policy to help prevent hoaxes from spreading in your company. |
