Examiner.com
by Terry Ambrose
Avoid becoming a victim of fraud. Be aware of same email practices
Move over Russia, there’s a new player in theemail scam game. Today, an email from an address at blotel@menara.ma began circulating. The email, which is supposedly from Capt. Jeffry Adams, Investigation Officer of the “email investigation agency,” is not as sophisticated as some of the current Internet email scams, but does again prove that those behind the scams will stop at nothing to obtain your personal information. And, in a new twist, the domain is registered in Morocco.
The email text (verbatim) reads as follows:
This is from the email account investigation agency, we where set up by the U.N working under the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) Bodies, our duties is to monitor and investigate email addresses and mails to prevent individuals from getting scam.
You are hereby required to forward to this office via email; investigation-team@live.com every mail and content of anyone you are dealing any transaction with online or paying money to, or any email you suspect to be scam, so we can investigate them and let you know the legitimacy, and if any is to be Fraudulent, we shall immediately send the FBI after them, and charge them for Fraud
Our duties is to fight against scam and terrorism.
The very first clue that this email is a fraud is the address line. The email was sent to “Undisclosed Recipients.” There are numerous other problems with this email, clues that should raise a red flag to anyone receiving it.
Protecting yourself from Internet fraud and email scams is becoming a nearly never-ending task. However, here are three tips to help keep you safe.
1) Does the email come from a reputable source? If not, it’s probably a scam. If it does, instead of click on a link in the email, go to the company’s website and look for confirmation that it is legitimate.
2) Is the email addressed to you personally (and correctly)? Emails that are not addressed correctly should immediately be a cause for concern. After all, if a company or organization were trying to contact you with important information, you can be confident that they would have your correct name.
3) Does the email try to scare you into taking an action? Undoubtedly, this email will receive many responses as the unsuspecting are frightened into immediately compiling and sending their address book information to a Hotmail email account.
If you believe that you have become the victim of Internet fraud, report the problem immediately to the FBI via the Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3) website.
Terry Ambrose is a mystery author with an interest in scams, cons, and corruption. Follow him on Facebook, where is he is running a contest to give away an Amazon gift certificate.
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