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Offline Bugbatter

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The first big Google+ spam campaign blasted out by pill-pushers
« on: July 01, 2011, 12:13:07 PM »
I'm not going to post all of these, but as long as this could be the first for Google+ here we go:
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In what may very well be the first major cybercriminal campaign exploiting the Google+ brand, spammers are sending out bogus Google+ invitations that in reality point to online pharmacies.

The messages look similar to the real emails that users may receive from friends who are already members of Google+.

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http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/01/google-plus-spam/
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Re: The first big Google+ spam campaign blasted out by pill-pushers
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2011, 07:22:26 AM »
In the other article I posted today, Google+ is definitely not a beta but a limited trial.   
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