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Donald Farris
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Post by Donald Farris »

Hi,
Just saw this and wanted to share:


E-mails purporting to come from FBI are phony

Washington , D.C. – The FBI today warned the public to avoid falling victim to an on-going mass e-mail scheme wherein computer users received unsolicited e-mails purportedly sent by the FBI. These scam e-mails tell the recipients that their Internet use has been monitored by the FBI and that they have accessed illegal web sites. The e-mails then direct recipients to open an attachment and answer questions.

The e-mail appears to be sent from the e-mail addresses of mail@fbi.gov and admin@fbi.gov. There may be other similarly styled addresses. The recipient is enticed to open the zip attachment which contains a w32/sober.jen@mm worm. The attachment does not open and its goal is to utilize the recipient’s computer to garner information. Secondly, the virus allows the e-mail to be forwarded to all those listed in the recipient’s address book.

The text of the email is as follows:

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) 324-30000

These e-mails did not come from the FBI. Recipients of this or similar solicitations should know that the FBI does not engage in the practice of sending unsolicited e-mails to the public in this manner.

Opening e-mail attachments from an unknown sender is a risky and dangerous endeavor as such attachments frequently contain viruses that can infect the recipient’s computer. The FBI strongly encourages computer users not to open such attachments.

The FBI takes this matter seriously and is investigating. While the address and phone number for the FBI is correct in the email, users receiving e-mails of this nature are encouraged to report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center via http://www.ic3.gov.

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See: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/emailscheme112105.htm
Mark Schroeder
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Post by Mark Schroeder »

Thanks Don,

I got the email, but my ISP had flagged it already as an attack. Seems to be a pretty pervasive one....
Mark Schroeder

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."--Goethe
stephen davis
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Location: lakewood, ohio

Post by stephen davis »

Get a Mac.
Bryan Schwegler
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Post by Bryan Schwegler »

stephen davis wrote:Get a Mac.


I had to laugh because I got two of these on my .Mac e-mail account. Talk about wasted attack ;).
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