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Sophos reveals the hottest email hoaxes of the year

Dec 4, 2003 3:16PM PST

Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam, has revealed the top ten email hoaxes for 2003. The JDBGMGR virus hoax is the most commonly reported hoax for the second year running.

The top ten hoaxes reported to Sophos during 2003 are as follows:

Position Hoax Percentage of reports
1 JDBGMGR 20.4%
2 Hotmail hoax 14.8%
3 WTC Survivor 9.8%
4 Meninas da Playboy 9.0%
5 Bonsai kitten 5.5%
6 Budweiser frogs screensaver 5.3%
7 Bill Gates fortune 4.3%
8 A virtual card for you 3.8%
9 Frog in a blender/Fish in a bowl 2.5%
10 Applebees Gift Certificate 1.5%
Others 23.1%

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/hoaxes2003.html

-Donna
Software Security Reference

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