DOJ e-mail scam

 I’ve seen enough about the Howard firing, I’ll wait till the appeal. I recieved notice of an e-mail scam going around. If you recieve an e-mail supposedly from the Department of Justice addressed to “Dear Citizen”, don’t open any attachments or answer the e-mail. Delete the e-mail and clear your deleted items folder. These e-mails look official and may even contain a case number, and state that a complaint was filed by someone. The message may even contain an attachment that supposedly has a copy of the complaint. The DOJ did not send this, and would not send such messages to the public via e-mail

 Computers may be put at risk by simply an attempt to examine them. If you open an attachment it can cause malicious software- e.g., viruses, keystroke loggers, or other Trojan horse programs to be launched. If you recieved this, or want to report a similar hoax, please file an on-line complaint at www.IC3.gov

 This takes you the Internet Crime Complaint Center of the Federal Government. Or you can learn about protecting yourself from malicious spyware and bogus e-mails at www.OnGuardOnline.gov . This site was created by the DOJ in partnership with other federal agencies to help consumers stay safe online. 

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