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Old 19th Aug 2012, 02:33
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Can opening a .pdf file do any harm?

I am expecting a payment into my SA bank account and have received this email which has a .pdf attached.

This email contains official information from Capitec Bank that is presented to you in PDF format. .................
I am reasonably sure it's genuine, unfortunately I can't contact the person who should have made the transfer to check that she banks with Capitec, and was wondering, if it's just a coincidence and if it were a phishing email, could opening the attachment do any harm?
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