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WARNING! Fake email from FBI is a trojan!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:43 pm
by FlyingPenguin
I got one of these today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_ ... _mail_scam
WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert Monday about a scam involving unsolicited e-mails, purportedly sent by the
FBI, that tell computer users that their Internet surfing is being monitored by the agency.
The users are told they have visited illegal Web sites and are instructed to open an attachment to answer questions.
The FBI did not send these e-mails and does not send any other unsolicited e-mails to the public, an agency statement said. As many harmful computer viruses are located in e-mail attachments, the FBI said it strongly encourages computer users not to open attachments from unknown recipients.
The FBI is investigating the scam. Recipients of these e-mails are asked to report them by visiting the Internet Crime Complaint Center at
http://www.ic3.gov
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:42 pm
by rndmtask
Wow, whoever is sending that must be really stupid.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:48 pm
by nitro237
yep, I got one today also.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:31 pm
by impuresoul2k3
haven't got one yet
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:52 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Got another but this one claims it's from the CIA. You'd have to be a moron to believe the CIA does domestic investigations of any kind, but people are stupid...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:20 pm
by nitro237
I have 2 now. Here's what they say......
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
*** Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI-
*** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3220
*** Washington, DC 20535
*** phone: (202) 324-3000
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:22 pm
by DoPeY5007
Yep, got it the other day with a zip attached, deleted right away...
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:00 am
by swinada
In Europe something similar is making its round right now. The e-mail points out that downloading MP3's, movies etc is illegal. That your computer at IP address ........ was recognized and a image of your harddrive has been taken. Legal actions will follow.
Attached is a zip file, which should not be opened.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:28 pm
by wpublic
how can the same guy work for the cia and fbi? he must be some kind of uber agent or something.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
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+ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
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+ Office of Public Affairs
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+ Washington, D.C. 20505
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+ phone: (703) 482-0623
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+ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time
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there are a lot of things going around right now. what's up with all those mail delivery notification failures i have been getting? it seems like someone is trying to use my isp's mailservers to dictionary spam everyone on the domain.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:47 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Geez. Some zombies must have been activated today. I got 20 emails with Sober.CF virus attachments today alone.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:10 pm
by wvjohn
! got 3 or 4 with sober.cf today