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MessageLabs warns of customised email attacks

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Published: 21 Nov 2007 13:31 GMT

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The second of two highly targeted attacks purported to be a letter from the Better Business Bureau. Like an earlier attack this week, the email contains the name and other specific information of the recipient.

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