Protect Yourself and Report the Latest Frauds, Scams, Spams, Fakes, Identify Theft Hacks and Hoaxes
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From February, 2007, there are emails that are made to look as if they are sent from the FDIC or VeriSign, Inc. These scam emails ask recipients to run a "security guard script" to secure Web sites. Currently, the emails have false return addresses of:
and the subject lines include the phrases:
The emails are frauds and they were not sent by the FDIC or VeriSign, Inc.
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
Below is an alert published by the FDIC to warn of these scams:
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For more information about phishing, see this page.