Spam Using MP3 What Next?

In their never ending quest to avoid detection by anti-spam ware, Spammers are now using MP3 messages as a means of proliferating Pump and Dump scams.

Subliminal ads to Pump and Dump

Now all the old is new again Spam E-mails with subliminal messages programming you to purchase some stock in a little known company. I will not get into technical descriptions of this type of activity since I have actually participated in this type of activity many years ago and sadly I must say; it works.

This is an an example which was circulating in 2006 and is still very wide spread : Read the article from the fine people at Sophos.com subliminal messages you might be quite surprised.