[pchelpers] News:DOJ Warns of 'Dear Citizen' Phishing Scam

By Barry Levine 
June 28, 2007 12:29PM

The DOJ has advised that if you receive the "Dear Citizen" phishing
e-mail, you should delete it and file a complaint at the Internet Crime
Complaint Center. The DOJ is not alone among government agencies being
used as part of phishing scams. Similar e-mails have been made to look
like they came from the FBI, the FTC, and the IRS.

While summer is often the time for fishing, the U.S. Department of
Justice is warning that it is also the time for phishing. In particular,
the DOJ issued an alert about a fraudulent e-mail purportedly to be from
the DOJ itself. 

"Phishing" is the term given to fraudulent e-mails that attempt to con
the user into giving up confidential information or visiting imitation
Web sites, often by pretending to be from an imaginary person or a known
organization.

The DOJ warned that the "Dear Citizen" phishing e-mails indicate that
the recipients or their businesses have been the subject of complaints
filed with the DOJ and have been brought to the attention of the IRS.

Complete with a case number and a note that the complaint was "filled
[sic] by Mr. Henry Stewart," the e-mails include the DOJ logo and an
attachment.

More here:
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13100DF8U02Z

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