Last week, InventHelp’s Invention Girl started getting some very strange emails. Disguised to look like news alerts from major broadcasters like CNN and MSNBC, the emails featured the news company’s logo in the body followed by a link to a tabloid-style headline.

I wondered if I had signed up for some news alerts and forgot about them. But, knowing what I know about spam, I opted to delete the emails rather than click on the links. Turns out that this was a great choice! The links resolved to overseas websites that were booby-trapped with malicious software (and your favorite gadget diva would have been in big trouble had she infected her InventHelp work computer!).

Spammers are working harder than ever to trick consumers into stumbling onto their dangerous websites. The CNN campaign saw 250 million spam messages sent in one intense 24-hour period, according to spam-fighting firm MX Logic Inc.

If you find a message like this in your inbox, InventHelp’s Invention Girl urges you to delete them right away! We at InventHelp don’t want to see your computers become infected – that means you won’t be able to join us on the blog for a while!

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