Anybody get this email from the FBI...??

[stillcool]

..i'm all out of tinfoil and scared crapless...HELP!!

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: [phone]

[Debau2005]

1. What were the questions?

[stillcool]

10. i didn't respond....

[MissB]

2. Another poster posted essentially the same post today

It should be on page 1, 2, or 3 of General Discussion.

Many people noted the Snopes link and that the attachment may have a virus.

[tx_dem41]

5. If it had an attachment, its DEFINITELY a scam. n/t

[tx_dem41]

3. My guess is that it is a scam. n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

4. It is a W32.Sober.K@mm virus!!!!

Please see

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail]

[stillcool]

13. Thank You....Thank You...Thank You...

Now i'm going to go stock up on foil.:loveya:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

25. Alwaysssssssss keep an adequate supply of foil on hand LOL

:)

[MH1]

6. Virus

There was a thread earlier and consensus was that:

1) this is a virus. Don't open the zip.

2) Considering they are pretending to be from the FBI and that is a federal crime, you could report them.

[jim3775]

7. Edit: VIRUS, delete it. n/t

[IChing]

8. SEE THIS LINK FROM TODAY

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5422603&mesg_id=5422603

[stillcool]

16. Thank You All ....that was quick....n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

33. Also mine in the Lounge

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4332812&mesg_id=4332812

[HereSince1628]

9. No, but the suspense is killing me, what were the questions?

and what were the best of the 30 illegal sites?

[MercutioATC]

11. The FBI does not use exclamation points.

The exiled Prime Minister of Nigeria does.

Do you really think the FBI would E-MAIL you for information???

[MissB]

12. .

:spray:

[elperromagico]

20. Note also the lack of capitalization at the start of the first sentence.

The FBI's a little more professional than that.

[MidwestTransplant]

22. Speaking of him, I am still waiting for my money.

Should come any day!

[NeoConsSuck]

39. Loved That!!

As someone who has gotten hundreds of Nigerian scam emails, your post cracked me up :)

Thank you!

[sui generis]

14. there aren't any "illegal" websites unless you're into kiddie porn.

Beware of ALL EMAIL that has attachments, especially from strangers, even if they claim to be the FBI.

[NoPasaran]

15. The real FBI knocks on your door

They don't send an email to Dear Sir/Madam!

[graywarrior]

17. Got the same exact one. See the link above

I filed a complaint with the FBI. Don't know what will come of it, but made me feel like I accomplished something.

[China_cat]

18. The FBI doesn't email

If they wanted to investigate you or ask you questions about ANYTHING, they might email to make an appointment (that's might, more likely they'd call or just show up), but you'd do the answering in their office or they'd come to your home or office and show credentials.

[Mutley]

19. Report it.

There is a link to do so at this bottom of this page... http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/022205.htm

[cdsilv]

21. yup! also got one from cia.gov.......n/t

[jim3775]

24. Dont bother reporting it, the FBI is fully aware of this n/t

[stillcool]

28. Thanks...i really don't want to get on any list of theirs... n/t

[MidwestTransplant]

23. HERE'S YOUR ANSWER FBI warned about this very email today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5424343

[ChickMagic]

26. It's a hoax.

Don't open the attachments or answer the questions.

[Sapphire Blue]

27. FBI ALERTS PUBLIC TO RECENT E-MAIL SCHEME (February 22 , 2005)

For Immediate Release
February 22 , 2005

FBI ALERTS PUBLIC TO RECENT E-MAIL SCHEME
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 receive 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’s Internet Fraud Complaint Center and that they have accessed illegal web sites. The e-mails then direct recipients to open an attachment and answer questions. The attachments contain a computer virus.

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. Users receiving e-mails of this nature are encouraged to report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center via http://www.ic3.gov.

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/022205.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

29. On FBI computer monitoring...

http://users.chartertn.net/tonytemplin/FBI_eyes/index.html

[rhino47]

30. It is a scam.The F B I had statement warning about it.heres link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051121/ap_on_go_ot/e_mail_scam;_ylt=Ah1rw4IpZHqNsNtj4T.8HUUXr7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl




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.

[SPKrazy]

31. Don't freak out

It's a scam

see above links from other posters

Thanks

[Blue_In_AK]

32. No, but I got one just like that from the "CIA"

Did your virus blocker catch that? If not, get rid of it quick.

[BlackVelvet04]

34. Yep, and one from the cia.....

and I don't know remember who else. I don't know how they got the email address they used but I got a shitpile of them.

[RC]

35. There is a similar one from the CIA going around also

[sofa king]

36. Oh, man, someone is going to get pounded for that.

As in "pound-me-in-the-ass-prison." Whoever came up with that bright idea better never step foot on American territory, or come close enough to it to be knocked on the head and dragged across the border.

I'm sure the FBI is very angry.

[pretzel4gore]

37. send a reply, bring fbi up to date on all the stuff we know!

ie: "there weren't any hijackers on 911, the jets were under 'global hawk' control (see rabbi zakheim) the wtc buildings were prepared for and professionally demo's (larry silverstein was taped saying so!) gee bush jr never won the 2k election, and 911 might have been part of the scheme to rob america blind by staging the illegal coup!! the fbi should arrest the entire bush gov. and the mass newsmedia management officials asap, cuz they've been committing treason for years, and will get plastic surgery etc when they know the cops are onto them! HURRY HURRY!"
rofl
:)

[feistydem]

38. "Yours faithfully?" I did get 4 other virus e-mails pretending to be a

mailer-daemon response for AOL. Anyone who opens a zipped our execute file attachment these days is just asking for trouble.

Did anyone else get the aol returned mail e-mail with the zip file?

[Loge23]

40. I got the same one from the CIA

I deleted it - it had a zip attachment which probably would have eaten my hard drive.
Then, I just got another from some bogus website with "my password and logon" - same zip attachment.
We better watch out tonight!

[Neil Lisst]

41. You should forward it to your Congressman or woman.

With a note that these are being sent to members of DU.

Let them check it out.

[leftofthedial]

42. attached zip file

I hope no one opened it.


it is a felony to impersonated a federal officer.


i wonder if that will have any repercussions beyond the usual