The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yesterday advised
the public not to open spam e-mails that appear to come from the
agency. The e-mails, which warn victims that they are being
monitored by the FBI, contain a virus-infected attachment.
According to the alert the e-mails tell recipients that their
internet use is being 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 attachment contains a virus.
The FBI confirmed that the e-mails, which seem to have an
fbi.gov sender domain, do not come from the agency. It stressed
that the FBI does not send unsolicited e-mails to the public in
this manner.
Recipients of the infected e-mail are asked to report it to the
Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov/
