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June 30, 2007 06:55 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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Breaking from NewsMax.com

FBI: Don't Open DOJ Emails

According to an advisory issue this week by the FBI, the Department of Justice has recently become aware of fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from the Department of Justice, or DOJ. Based upon complaints from the public, it is believed that the fraudulent messages are addressed "Dear Citizen," says the agency.

The messages are believed to assert that the recipients or their businesses have been the subject of complaints filed with DOJ and also forwarded to the Internal Revenue Service.

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In addition, such email messages may provide a case number, and state that the complaint was "filled [sic] by Mr. Henry Stewart." A DOJ logo may appear at the top of the email message or in an attached file, warned the FBI.

Finally, the message may include an attachment that supposedly contains a copy of the complaint and contact information for Mr. Stewart.

The Department of Justice did not send these unsolicited email messages-and would not send such messages to the public via email.

Similar hoaxes have been recently perpetrated in the names of various governmental entities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service.

Email users should be especially wary of unsolicited warning messages that purport to come from U.S. governmental agencies directing them to click on file attachments or to provide sensitive personal information.

These spam email messages are bogus and should be immediately deleted. Computers may be put at risk simply by an attempt to examine these messages for signs of fraud.

It is possible that by "double-clicking" on attachments to these messages, recipients will cause malicious software - e.g., viruses, keystroke loggers, or other Trojan horse programs - to be launched on their computers, concluded the warning.

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Deport congress and the president!!
June 30, 2007 06:57 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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April 19, 2007
Thanks bugsy!

"We do need to play by the rules. The people affilitated with NCLR, etc. will let emotions get the best of them and will put their feet into their own mouths by their actions. Just look at the demonstrations and the way the people act. What we need to do is outsmart all of them. We have the brainpower. We need to operate as a cohesive, unified, smart group." The Angy Patriot
June 30, 2007 07:10 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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February 14, 2007
     Appreciate the heads up Bugsygirl.

Alabama born and bred. Where we "Dare Defend our Rights!"
June 30, 2007 07:12 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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February 8, 2007
Youre very welcome. I know you would all do the same.

Deport congress and the president!!
June 30, 2007 08:10 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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February 19, 2007
The spammers tryed this crap last year. They are at it again? Go figure. Nothing better to do.

When the government becomes responsible for us, We the people are no longer a free society.

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