I got this email the other day:

From: "postcards.com" <postcards@postcards.com> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:43:27 +0100 (CET)

You have received a postcard from a family member!

You can pick up your postcard at the following web address:

http*****

If you can

Erm, would that not be spam then?

I've deleted loads. The only e-cards I get are Cbeebies ones from the Nephews, and the rest of the family either ring me or don't speak to me.

If someone were to be sending me ecards it wouldn't be to the email address that only appears on the website, it would be the one that all have in their address books.

Well I followed the link and cut & pasted the ID into the wotsit and apparently there wasnt a card for me anyway. The address that I received this on is the same one that I am registered with an ancestry type board, and thought it might have been a long lost cousin. Obviously not.

Hope you ran the latest virus definitions on it before opening it!

It is spam and it is intended to spread viruses as pete has pointed out.

Usually ecards will say who they have been sent from, I have had quite a few like this recently, just delete them without opening them.

Not only are they spam and virus links, you have also probably confirmed that the email it was sent to is currently live and ready for more spam and viruses to be sent to it.