More YouTube Spam to Avoid: You Have Unread Messages or a Full Inbox

The cybercriminals behind the YouTube pharmacy spam campaign are quite the busy bunch.

For the last few months, they’ve been firing off hoards of fake YouTube notification emails that link to a variety of illegal pharmaceutical websites.

In order to yield the best click-through rates, the spammers took the time to make the spam messages appear as though they were coming from the popular video streaming site – with spoofed headers and all.

Here’s the latest batch of bogus YouTube emails for you to avoid:

From: YouTube Service (service@youtube.com)
Subject: Warning: Your inbox is full, message not accepted

YouTube              help center | e-mail options | report spam

Warning:
Your inbox is full, message not accepted
http://www.youtube.com/inbox?feature=mhsn

You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox.

© 2011 YouTube, LLC

901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

 

From: YouTube Service (service@youtube.com)
Subject: You have 2 unread personal message

YouTube              help center | e-mail options | report spam

You have 2 unread personal message
http://www.youtube.com/inbox?feature=mhsn

You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox.
© 2011 YouTube, LLC
901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

Despite the anchor text, all of the links within the emails above point to a pharmaceutical website.

Dealing with YouTube Pharmacy Spam

Did you get one of the emails above (or one of the many variants)?

• Avoid clicking on any links inside the email.


• Mark the email as “Spam” or “Junk” in your email client.


• Report the email to SpamCop. (There does not appear to be a way to report the email to YouTube/Google.)


• Delete the email immediately.

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