Spammers are still trying to cash in on the popularity of YouTube. The Trend Micro Content Security team spotted the following message:

Clicking on the YouTube logo leads the user to a YouTube login page. When a user logs on to his/her YouTube account or creates a new account, the user is led to the following Web page:

This may be the spammer’s way of harvesting valid email addresses, when a user provides information such as an email address on the login page. Aside from being led to the above Web page, a user may also be redirected to the following Web page:

Users are advised to be wary of spam messages such as this.

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