I just received an emergency email warning of a new deadly computer virus called POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK.

But… from what I turned up in one minute with Google, IT IS A HOAX.

The email I received is copied below. Whether Ian del Carmen actually sent it, I dont know. Could be a fraudulent misuse of his name and email (that’s called spoofing, I believe).

Either way, if you do a Google search you can quickly see that this same wording was doing the rounds as long ago as 26 Feb 2008. That’s nearly 2 years ago.

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While writing this post, another marketer has fallen for it and blasted out a copy of the same Ian del Carmen email that I received. I’m on his list too — that’s how I know.

How many more will fall for this?

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Thought for the day: Before passing on well-intentioned alerts to your friends or subscribers, do a search for some of the key words in the message. It can save you having to scrape egg off your face later.

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Here is the email:

HUGE VIRUS COMING! PLEASE READ  FORWARD! Read the rest of this entry

Greetings… with yesterday’s news. Because yesterday I launched PageOneWithGary.com

The new site is about how you can make more sales when you have a higher search engine ranking. Over the coming weeks and months, I will be sharing many strategies and tips as well as offering to directly assist business owners who want help to get their sites onto the first page of the search engine results.

I love the new WordPress template I found for the site. It has a delightfully exuberant feel… just like the feeling you get when your site appears on page 1 of Google^TM.

– Written by Gary Harvey