"Spammers" began taking advantage of the public's swine flu fears by flooding the Internet with fake e-mails Monday. According to Internet security firm McAfee Inc., millions of e-mails have been sent out peddling counterfeit drugs as remedies and seeking to steal credit card data from nervous consumers. Some direct recipients to Web sites for fake online pharmacies that allegedly sell these "cures." McAfee officials estimate that the swine flu spam accounted for three to four percent of all...
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