Some scammers are reportedly trying to emulate the FBI to release malicious software, but also to make their messages more credible.
The federal Internet Crime Complaint (IC3) issued a warning on Wednesday because it found many complaints from people who received emails claiming to be from IC3.
Each message states that the recipient owes various amounts of money like compensation for attacks or cyber scams and asks them to fill out an attached document with their personal information.
Yes, you guessed it, this one archive contains malware.
Το ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα ισχυρίζεται ότι ένας Νιγηριανός συνελήφθη από το FBI στην Ατλάντα των Η.Π.Α. και ότι η ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση του παραλήπτη βρέθηκε στον υπολογιστή του απατεώνα. Το μήνυμα απαιτεί από τον παραλήπτη, να συμπληρώσει ένα συνημμένο έγγραφο με τα στοιχεία επικοινωνίας τους και να το επιστρέψουν στην "υπηρεσία."
"Έχουν εντοπιστεί τουλάχιστον άλλες τρεις εκδόσεις της ίδιας απάτης που χρησιμοποιεί το IC3", προειδοποιεί το FBI. "Από τον Ιούλιο του 2017, το IC3 έλαβε πολλές καταγγελίες για την ίδια απάτη".
At the moment, there are others in circulation two variations of such electronic messages. The first claims to be from the FBI's IC3 office in Houston, Texas and informs the recipient that he owes $10,5 million in restitution for his involvement in a bank fraud.
The third variant has a more threatening tone, stating that the recipient's IP address has been monitored since September 2017 for cybercrime. Thus the message requires the recipient to fill in the attached form and return it.
So far, the FBI says no one appears to have been financially affected by the scams. Federalists are reportedly looking for the scammers, and arrests are likely to be expected.
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