Chinese spammers are actively involved in the upcoming celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National day. The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) will occur on September 22 this year andthe government has declared that October 1 is National Day, as thePeople's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949. Individuals and business will be looking for gifts during this time, as it is customary, and the spammers have gathered lots of ideas in the past couple of weeks. These spam samples are mostly from wholesale businesses. In the email message, a gift box promotion or discount package is offered for the holidays. Symantec Security Response is able to block these spam messages using various spam filter techniques.
- Chinese Holiday Spam – Celebration of the Moon Festival and National Day.