State issues warning on latest e-mail scam
By Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published February 28, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Wednesday warned consumers and businesses about a new e-mail scam related to messages claiming to be from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The e-mails concern a supposed consumer complaint filed against the recipient and usually contain an attachment. The attachment is either a blank complaint form or some other document.
Suthers advises consumers not to open the attachment because it might contain a computer virus or other malicious software.
The Justice Department doesn't send messages to the public via e-mail. Similar hoaxes have recently been conducted in the names of other government entities, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Consumers who have received such bogus e-mails are asked to file a complaint at ic3.gov., which is the federal government's Internet crime complaint center.
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