OAGITM Members: Please share this alert throughout your organization. Theresa A. Masse Chief Information Security Officer State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services Enterprise Security Office (503) 378-4896 -----Original Message----- From: Morrissey, Margaret (CSCIC) [mailto:Margaret.Morrissey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pelgrin, William (CSCIC) Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:13 PM To: Pelgrin, William (CSCIC) Subject: E-mail Claiming to Be From the FDIC ("check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage") At the request of the U.S. Treasury, we are distributing the following information. Please distribute this information throughout your organizations and communication channels. Thank you. The FDIC issued Special Alert (SA-183-2009 <http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2009/sa09183.html> ) today regarding a fraudulent e-mail claiming to be from the FDIC. We have received hundreds of reports of this e-mail. We are told by researchers that it is being very widely distributed. See: http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2009/10/fake-fdic-spam-campaign-spreads-ze us.html for samples. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted to the Oregon Association of Government I.T. Management List (OAGITM) OAGITM ListServ homepage: //www.freelists.org/list/oagitm To post to the list, send email to: oagitm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to oagitm-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject To view list archives, visit: //www.freelists.org/archive/oagitm For general ListServ help, visit: //www.freelists.org/help -----------------------------------------------------------------------------