According to her report Kaspersky Lab for the trends in his landscape spam and phising, the ongoing war in Syria has increased the number of misleading figures over the past few months Email. 
Wide coverage by the media has increased international interest in the suffering experienced by Syrian citizens, and this has led to fraudsters running "nigerian scam"To follow the trend in order to take advantage of the kindness of those who wish to help those affected by the events in the Middle East.
Most email claims that they come from Syrian citizens seeking asylum in Europe and help with investing large amounts of money.
Many claim to be from women whose husbands are supposedly killed and therefore have large sums of money that they want to transfer to another country as they want to leave Syria. To be more convincing, many messages contain a link from legitimate news sites and make references to real events and real people, including celebrities.
Beyond promises of financial benefits in return for help, scammers also exploit feelings of sadness and compassion, with particularly emotional personal stories. These include allegations of ISIS recruitment pressures or stories of women whose families were killed during the duration a bombing.
While English is the most popular language for these messages, her team Kaspersky Lab also found emails in German, French and Arabic. For example, the author of an email written in German, claims that he needs to transfer from the country $16 millions related to the sale of oil. Also, an email written in French purports to be from a refugee whose relatives were killed in the war in Syria and now lives in Germany in poor conditions.
"The persistent plight of Syrian citizens and refugees has given crooks a perfect opportunity to" play "with the feelings of the international community that is trying to support those who have suffered. Attention to detail and tone Email it is sufficient to spur the interest of the addressee, but not his suspicion. However, as with all Email from unknown senders, we advise people to be careful and - if in doubt - not to open the email and to delete it directly. Despite the emotional content of these emails, the only ones who benefit from the compassion many people show will be the fraudsters themselves. In any case, those who want to help the victims of the war in Syria have to turn to official humanitarian agencies, said Tatyana Shcherbakova, Antispam Analyst Kaspersky Lab.
The full versionof the Kaspersky Lab report, entitled "Arabian tales by 'Nigerians'" is available at Securelist.com.
