Have you received a suspicious e-mail
from FBI Director Robert Mueller or another FBI official? If so, it is a fake.
The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have increasingly
received reports of fraudulent schemes misrepresenting FBI agents, officials,
and/or FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III. The fraudulent e-mails give the
appearance of legitimacy due to the usage of pictures of the FBI Director,
seal, letterhead, and/or banners. The types of schemes utilizing the names of
FBI agents, officials, or the Director’s name are typically lottery
endorsements and inheritance notifications.
Other fraudulent schemes representing
the FBI claim to be from our domestic as well as overseas offices. The schemes
cover a range from threat and extortion e-mails, website monitoring containing
malicious computer program attachments (malware), and online auction scams.
The social engineering technique of
utilizing the FBI’s name is to intimidate and convince the recipient the e-mail
is legitimate.
The FBI does not send out e-mails
soliciting personal information from citizens.
Please be cautious of any unsolicited
e-mail referencing the FBI, FBI Director Mueller, or any other FBI official
endorsing any type of Internet activity.
To receive the latest information about
cyber scams, please go to the FBI website (www.fbi.gov) and sign up for e-mail
alerts by clicking on one of the red envelopes in the upper right-hand corner.
If you have received a scam e-mail, please notify the IC3 by filing a complaint
at www.ic3.gov. For more information on e-scams, please visit the FBI’s New
E-Scams and Warnings webpage.
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