The FTC has made a big to-do about fighting spammers and identity thieves, so naturally the underworld’s response has been to release a spoof FTC email into the world that is loaded with bad virus things that will attempt to steal your personal info. The FTC is urging everyone to not open this email. But you already don’t open unfamiliar attachments from people you don’t know, right? If you answered “No,” we have a shrink-wrapped hard drive from Best Buy we’d love to sell to you.

The e-mail says it is from “frauddep@ftc.gov” and has the FTC’s government seal. Recipients should forward the e-mail to spam@uce.gov, an FTC spam database used in investigations.

“Bogus FTC e-mail has virus” [Reuters]
(Image: Getty and the FTC)

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