Vicious Spam

[Bruce Klutchko]

I am inserting below the text of a particularly vicious piece of spam. While
many of those who subscribe to this list will know not to respond, it is
important to know of its existence because we all have friends and
colleagues who may not be too savvy about this.
The FDIC website indicates that they are are aware of this spam and are
soliciting further information about it. This URL is for the FCC press
release on the subject:
http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2004/pr0604.html

Please do *not* click on the URL below.

> To whom it may concern;
> 
> In cooperation with the Department Of Homeland Security, Federal, State and
> Local Governments your account has been denied insurance from the Federal
> Deposit Insurance Corporation due to suspected violations of the Patriot
> Act. While we have only a limited amount of evidence gathered on your
> account at
> this time it is enough to suspect that currency violations may have occurred
> in your account and due to this activity we have withdrawn Federal Deposit
> Insurance on your account until we verify that your account has not been
> used in a violation of the Patriot Act.
> 
> As a result Department Of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has advised
> the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to suspend all deposit insurance
> on
> your account until such time as we can verify your identity and your account
> information.
> 
> Please verify through our IDVerify below. This information will be checked
> against a federal government database for identity verification. This only
> takes
> up to a minute and when we have verified your identity you will be notified
> of said verification and all suspensions of insurance on your account will
> be
> lifted.
> 
> http://www.fdic.gov/idverify/cgi-bin/index.htm
> <http://www.fdic.gov
@211.191.224.108:3180/index.htm>
> 
> Failure to use IDVerify below will cause all insurance for your account to
> be terminated and all records of your account history will be sent to the
> Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. for analysis and
> verification. Failure to provide proper identity may also result in a visit
> from Local,
> State or Federal Government or Homeland Security Officials.
> 
> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.
> 
> Donald E. Powell
> 
> Chairman Emeritus FDIC

The good news is that E¹rage X¹s junk mail filter caught this one on the
high setting. Because this is more than just a spam, however, I¹d like to
ask anyone who has info about this to contact the FDIC.

Thanks.
-- 
Bruce
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B R U C E  K.   klutch-at-erols.com