Apple iPhone users receiving spam on iMessage offering counterfeit goods

According to security research firm Cloudmark, Apple iPhone users who use iMessage need to be mindful of a spammer who peddles his wares using SMS messages. The new spam is aimed at wealthy iPhone users in New York, L.A., San Diego and Miami, with the intention of getting recipients to purchase counterfeit goods. Phony Oakley sunglasses seem to be at the top of the list.



Amazingly, 47% of all SMS spam in New York this past May and June was related to this iMessage spam. That is a pretty amazing stat when you consider that only iPhone users are being affected by this particular spam. And ...



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