New Email scam 2011 NOTICE REPORT from FBI Washing DC

July 20, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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This was a simple email, but it is clearly a scam/virus. The subject of the email is 2011 NOTICE REPORT and the sender is FBI Washington DC and the actual email is fbi.washington.dchjuew@live (dot) com

Obviously it is not from the FBI or anyone in Washington, DC. The email actually came from a server in Germany.

It seems that FBI Washington DC decided to send me an email with nothing more in the body than;

READ THE ATTACHED FILE AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY.

With an attachment - Beneficiary.html

 

This is an obvious scam intending that I open the attachment expecting to get some reward or be entitled to some prize. The attachment will more than likely result in a trojan or other virus to ruin my computer or share personal data. Be warned to ignore this message.

You should report the email to http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
The real FBI in Washington, DC may be interested someone is attempting to emulate their agency for evil.