"you've visited illegal websites"

gysca · 15 Mar 2005, 06:42 AM

hello,

I'm quite disturbed by receiving an email with the title as posted above. I have no way to authenticate the sender (admin at fbi.gov!). it was sent to myrealbox address. nobody knows my address (well, beside myrealbox.com and me) so I find it quite weird. what kind of website do I went to? the email itself was 78KB in size but I don't find any attachments and mostly it was a writing "warning" me not to ever visit those supposedly illegal websites.

it was dated about a month ago but I don't recall seeing that email sitting on my inbox. I checked that address once every week.

any suggestions?

-the dazed and confused-

SAS · 15 Mar 2005, 06:59 AM

I've seen that exact email a few times. The name before the @ changes, but it's always from @fbi.gov. I don't visit any bad websites, so I don't worry about it. I just delete them. It's just junk.

UnitedEmail · 15 Mar 2005, 09:33 AM

I know some FBI agents, (im told..)all FBI email goes via mail.proxy.dc.fbi.gov

(so check the headers, but id say 100% it is false email.)

Empath · 15 Mar 2005, 10:28 AM

It is a scam.

It's also been associated with spreading a virus.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne...2/fbi.warning/

gysca · 15 Mar 2005, 09:58 PM

thank you so much for those infos! it's just weird for them to choose to send a "warning" email to an address that I almost never use.

oh well.... life goes on

15 Mar 2005, 06:42 AM	#1
gysca Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: eastern U.S. Posts: 40	"you've visited illegal websites" hello, I'm quite disturbed by receiving an email with the title as posted above. I have no way to authenticate the sender (admin at fbi.gov!). it was sent to myrealbox address. nobody knows my address (well, beside myrealbox.com and me) so I find it quite weird. what kind of website do I went to? the email itself was 78KB in size but I don't find any attachments and mostly it was a writing "warning" me not to ever visit those supposedly illegal websites. it was dated about a month ago but I don't recall seeing that email sitting on my inbox. I checked that address once every week. any suggestions? -the dazed and confused-

15 Mar 2005, 06:59 AM	#2
SAS Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 736	I've seen that exact email a few times. The name before the @ changes, but it's always from @fbi.gov. I don't visit any bad websites, so I don't worry about it. I just delete them. It's just junk.

15 Mar 2005, 09:33 AM	#3
UnitedEmail Essential Contributor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 206 Representative of: UnitedEmailSystems.com	I know some FBI agents, (im told..)all FBI email goes via mail.proxy.dc.fbi.gov (so check the headers, but id say 100% it is false email.)

15 Mar 2005, 10:28 AM	#4
Empath Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Keizer, Oregon USA Posts: 132	It is a scam. It's also been associated with spreading a virus. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne...2/fbi.warning/

15 Mar 2005, 09:58 PM	#5
gysca Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: eastern U.S. Posts: 40	thank you so much for those infos! it's just weird for them to choose to send a "warning" email to an address that I almost never use. oh well.... life goes on