If you could only see the scamsters behind phishing emails, you'd quickly recognize them by their top hats and twirly moustaches...

Today a customer forwarded me an  email and asked whether I thought it was valid or not.  The email had a subject line of “READ NOW!!!” and contained the following:

HI ALL, THIS was sent to me by our son who is in charge of the computers for the state of Florida — whenever he receives anything like this it is a warning to the State as well as all us little people –VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ THIS
 
Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and  Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has Access to the  Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ‘Mail Server Report’ . If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: ‘It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful….’
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software’s  are not capable of destroying it.

 

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password. 

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’.
 
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES. (more…)