Criminals Using Obama Speech To Steal Your Info

By The Associated Press
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SCAM ALERT Do not open e-mails that claim to link to video of Barack Obama's acceptance speech. It's a computer virus that will steal all your user IDs and passwords. Criminals Using Obama Speech To Steal Your Info
Published: Thu, November 06, 2008 - 11:41 am Last Updated: Thu, November 06, 2008 - 11:54 am
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Computer users are being warned to steer
clear of fraudulent e-mails that claim to link to video of
President-elect Barack Obama's acceptance speech.
The warning was issued Thursday by cyber experts at the
University of Alabama-Birmingham.
The computer program will cause all user IDs and passwords to be
sent to the criminal's computer address in the Ukraine.

The spam subject lines include:

A new president, a new congress ...
Barack Obama wins
Can Obama win popular vote but lose election?
Did Obama Win Yet?
Election 2008: Time lapse of U.S. counties
Election Center 2008 - Election Results
Election Night Results
Fear of a Black President
New president's
Obama win an Electoral College majority
Obama win Defined by Race
Obama win preferred in world poll
Obama win sets stage for showdown
Obama Wouldnt Be First Black President
Obama's Win Reshapes the Race
Priorities for the New President
Priorities for the New President - TIME
The new President's cabinet?
USA Election 2008 Results
Will American Voters Elect a Black President
World Welcomes Obama's Win

The Sender of the email pretends to be one of:
news@cnn.com
news@usatoday.com
news@online.com
news@c18-ss-1-lb.cnet.com
news@president.com
news@unitedstates.com
news@bbc.com


using sender names such as:
2008 president center
Election results
Elections center
Election Results center
President election results

Gary Warner, director of computer forensics research, said
additional information can be found at CyberCrime & Doing Time.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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I fear people of any race who are ignorant to foreign policies and the military because they basically hold my freedom in their hands. Of course Biden will be there telling him what to do and if people don’t like what he does then he can always blame Biden. He needed a different race as a VP so he could have a scapegoat. Otherwise, why not choose Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, preacher Wright, or someone from the Black Panthers.  Maybe even Michael Jackson, that way he could unite the kids too.

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Fear of a Black President

Sirk: There’s one headline that the Conservative Replubicans would fall for!

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Only someone who voted for him would fall for this scam.

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We have Safe Video of the Speech posted here.
http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/obamas_victory_speech/20639/video/

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