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It doesn’t look like the participants in the McAfee S.P.A.M. Experiment have received grand jury summonses in their inboxes yet, but it’s something they can look out for. According to the FBI’s press release about the email,

“At first glance, the e-mail appears authentic. It contains a court case number, federal code, name and address of a California federal court, court room number, issuing officers’ names, and the court’s seal. The spammer directs recipients to click the link provided in the e-mail in order to download and print associated information for their records. If the recipient clicks the link, a malicious code is downloaded onto their computer.
The e-mail also contains language threatening recipients with contempt of court charges if they fail to appear. Recipients are told the subpoena will remain in effect until the court grants a release. As with most spam, the content contains multiple spelling errors.”

Sure enough, if you look at the sample email on Snopes.com, there are typos such as “thas,” “offcers,” “wich,” and “oresent.” The FBI press release also says those who receive this fake subpoena should report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).  The spammer wants people to think the feds are after them, well the feds should go after the spammer instead!

Read [Snopes.com]

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