Latest spam emails are 'almost foolproof'

Spammers are increasingly piggybacking on the reputation of big brand names to take advantage of their online audiences, according to McAfee.

In its new spam report, McAfee also said that it was also seeing an increase in ‘targeted’ or 'spear' phishing, and brand abuse in non-phishing emails.

McAfee warned that corporations needed to be vigilant about the type of brand abuse that criminal gangs would use to “tap into” their audiences. The security company said this type of fraud damaged the reputation of companies, costing them prestige, customers and revenue.