Spammers are looking to dupe desperate parents hoping to buy this year's
must-have present, a Nintendo Wii.
UK anti-spam company
ClearMyMail
said that unscrupulous spammers are deliberately targeting parents with messages
purporting to offer last minute deals on the console.
The research also reveals that spammers are becoming increasingly
market-savvy, sending out messages about
Nintendo's
much-hyped console instead of
Microsoft's
Xbox 360.
ClearMyMail claims that spam relating to Xbox consoles is decreasing, while
Nintendo Wii spam has increased by 120 per cent since November.
"Spammers are not only trying rip off the British public with spam emails
that try to find out their bank details," said Dan Field, managing director of
ClearMyMail.
"They are targeting parents with emails containing promises of the Nintendo
Wii. But in reality the spammers will just take your money, deliver nothing at
all and probably try to infect your PC with a virus."
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