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Offline David

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Warning Email Do not open
« on: February 05, 2009, 09:20 »
If you get an e-mail along the lines of'Osama Bin Laden Captured'
or 'Osama Hanged' , don't open the Attachment!!!!




Please follow my advice on this,just recioeved from a friend who runs a company in Australia hope this help anyone here who may recieve this nasty.

Good luck everyone

I have copied this to be on the safe side

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Re: Warning Email Do not open
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2009, 10:01 »
Thanks for the warning, David.  :thumb:  According to Snopes, this is "real, but outdated".

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp
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Re: Warning Email Do not open
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2009, 10:03 »
 :blush: Only just recieved it this morning Simon

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Re: Warning Email Do not open
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2009, 10:39 »
It certainly doesn't hurt to remind people to be careful of email attachments, David.  ;)
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Re: Warning Email Do not open
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2009, 10:47 »
phew  ;D


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