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Contributed by: Aurelija
Date: July 29, 2008
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Hawaiian Airlines Customers Being Attacked by Fake E-mails

 

hawaiian_airlines.JPGLast Friday Hawaiian Airlines issued a public warning about fake e-mails related to tickets from the carrier. These e-mails are provided with the headline "your plane ticket" and the message itself is related to the purportedly new ticketing service.

When a recipient opens the received e-mail he or she is informed that a new account has been opened in their name. Besides, they are told that a ticket has been charged to their credit card.antispam.jpg

Hawaiian Airlines warn their customers that these e-mails contain an attachment that at first sight looks like an electronic ticket. However, actually this attached file contains a virus. In case users open this attachment, their computers will be contaminated.

These e-mails also include references to login, password and credit card information. It is important to note that Hawaiian Airlines never contain such information in e-mails to their customers, except for cases when it is requested.

Hawaiian's Senior Director of Information Technology, David Wu, confirms that "this email is not linked to Hawaiian in any way." Therefore, all customers who receive such kind of e-mails are advised not to open the attachment and to immediately delete the e-mail from their inboxes.

 

 

References:

http://www.khnl.com

http://www.hawaiianair.com

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com

 

Further reading:

http://kgmb9.com

http://www.optionsxpress.com

http://www.marketwatch.com

 

User Comments

Computer fan July 29, 2008
Can anyone of you tell how to be sure that my e-tickets are real before opening the attachment. I don't want my pc to catch virus.
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