Scammers take advantage of the web psychosis Ebola

Junk mail, rumors on social networking sites or false information: new online scams take advantage of the online Western paranoia about the spread of the Ebola virus.
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Emily Quiwonkpa is sick, rich and needs help. In a long email, this Nigerian woman says she suffers from Ebola virus. Near death, she wants to transfer nearly $ 1.5 million to his correspondent. "This gift is not for your personal use," she says. "Find caricatives associations in your city." She suggests, nonetheless, to use some of his money to erect a monument in his honor.
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This rich Liberian is the new invention of the web scammers to take advantage of the credulity and money, online. According to a study by the firm Kaspersky Lab, Ebola has inspired a new wave of "Nigerian letters", the name given to a type of emails to retrieve personal data or bank recipients. Emily Quiwonkpa mail is very long and detailed: she says she can not use her mobile phone but she still has hope that someone in Europe or America, would you mind to help him . "This level of detail is unusual in a Nigerian letter" say the authors of the study on a blog post. "But this long history is a way to gain the trust of the recipient and bring it to correspond with scammers" Another email studied by Kaspersky Lab invites the recipient to an international conference on Ebola against a reward of 350,000 euros.

"Spammers usually try to exploit hot topics," said Tanguy de Coatpont, CEO France and Africa at Kaspersky Lab, in a statement. "Scammers rarely overlook the opportunity to use high-profile events by capturing users' attention and convince them of the authenticity of their messages." Other fraudulent emails, officially from the Organization World of Health offer their recipients to download a document containing false information against Ebola prevention: it is actually a virus designed to steal personal data of the victim.